Pedestrian wind comfort around buildings: Comparison of wind comfort criteria based on whole-flow field data for a complex case study

Building and Environment

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 547-562

  Janssen, W D ^a   Blocken, B ^a   van Hooff, T ^a,b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Airflow; Built environment; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Urban aerodynamics; Urban area; Wind nuisance and danger

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE; BUILDING PERMITS; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPARISON STUDY; EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; FIELD DATA; GRID-SENSITIVITY; HIGH-RESOLUTION GRIDS; MELBOURNE; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; ON-SITE MEASUREMENT; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; STUDY AREAS; URBAN AREAS; WIND STATISTICS;

AERODYNAMICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; RESEARCH; STANDARDIZATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; AIRFLOW; BUILDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; PEDESTRIAN; REYNOLDS NUMBER; URBAN AREA; WIND FIELD; FLOW FIELD; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIND;

EID: 84870464605     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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