Urban Physics: Effect of the micro-climate on comfort, health and energy demand

CFD analysis of cross-ventilation of a generic isolated building with asymmetric opening positions: Impact of roof angle and opening location

“…[62,63]). In the past 50 years, CFD has developed into a powerful tool for studies in urban physics and building aerodynamics [64], including natural ventilation in buildings, as demonstrated by review and overview papers [30,[64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71]. In this paper, the coupled approach (e.g.…”

CFD simulation of wind flow over natural complex terrain: Case study with validation by field measurements for Ria de Ferrol, Galicia, Spain

“…This is demonstrated by both general review papers (e.g. Murakami 1993, Murakami et al 1999, Stathopoulos 1997, 2002, Baker 2007, Blocken et al 2011, Moonen et al 2012, Meroney and Derickson 2014, Blocken 2014, 2015 and review papers on topics of particular interest, such as dispersion of pollutants (e.g. Meroney 2004, Canepa 2004, Tominaga and Stathopoulos 2007, Di Sabatino et al 2013, natural ventilation of buildings (e.g.…”

Numerical modeling of turbulent dispersion for wind-driven rain on building facades

“…(13)(14)(15)(16)(17) are used since, in the model by Melville and Bray [47], the volume fraction of the dispersed phase is much smaller than one, as is the case for rain. According to the model applied, in the limit of very small raindrops (t p /t fl  0), the droplets will totally follow the fluid motion and the turbulent viscosity of the rain phase becomes  t,d   t,a .…”