Numerical simulations of wind-driven rain on an array of low-rise cubic buildings and validation by field measurements

Building and Environment

Volumn 81, Issue , 2014, Pages 283-295

  Kubilay, A ^a,b   Derome, D ^a,b   Blocken, B ^c   Carmeliet, J ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Eulerian multiphase model; Turbulent dispersion; Validation; Wind driven rain

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DISPERSIONS; RAIN;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; HYGROTHERMAL PERFORMANCE; MULTIPHASE MODEL; POTENTIAL NEGATIVE EFFECTS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENT DISPERSION; VALIDATION; WIND-DRIVEN RAIN; CUBIC BUILDING; FIELD MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; TURBULENCE; WIND FIELD; BUILDING; DISPERSION; DURABILITY; FIELDWORK; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINGAUGE; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FORCING;

DUBENDORF; SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND];

EID: 84905277950     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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