Impact, runoff and drying of wind-driven rain on a window glass surface: Numerical modelling based on experimental validation

Building and Environment

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 170-180

  Blocken, B ^a,b   Carmeliet, J ^c,d  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Driving rain; Drying; Raindrop; Runoff; Wind flow; Wind driven rain

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DROPS; DRYING; EVAPORATION; FACADES; FLOW PATTERNS; GLASS; RAIN;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; DRIVING RAIN; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAINDROP; WIND FLOW; WIND-DRIVEN RAIN; WIND-DRIVEN RAIN (WDR);

RUNOFF;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GLASS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINDROP; RAINWATER; RUNOFF; WIND;

EID: 84912000691     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.11.006     Document Type: Article

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