CFD simulation of wind-induced pressure coefficients on buildings with and without balconies: Validation and sensitivity analysis

Building and Environment

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 137-149

  Montazeri, H ^a   Blocken, B ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Building aerodynamics; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Sensitivity study; Verification and validation; Wind pressure coefficient

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DEVIATION; BUILDING AERODYNAMICS; BUILDING FACADES; BUILDING GEOMETRY; BUILDING WALLS; CFD SIMULATIONS; GRID-SENSITIVITY; MEAN WIND PRESSURE; MEAN WIND PRESSURE COEFFICIENT; MULTIPLE AREAS; NATURAL VENTILATION; PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS; RECIRCULATIONS; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; STATIC PRESSURE; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION; VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION; WIND LOAD; WIND PRESSURE COEFFICIENT; WIND PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

BUILDINGS; FACADES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE MODELS; VENTILATION; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; PRESSURE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VENTILATION; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 84871152218     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.11.012     Document Type: Article

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