[HTML][HTML] Designing airspace for urban air mobility: A review of concepts and approaches

A Bauranov, J Rakas - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
The article brings together the academic and industry literature on the design and
management of urban airspace. We analyze the proposed airspace concepts, identify their …

[HTML][HTML] A review on the CFD analysis of urban microclimate

Y Toparlar, B Blocken, B Maiheu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Urban microclimate studies are gaining popularity due to rapid urbanization. Many studies
documented that urban microclimate can affect building energy performance, human …

[HTML][HTML] Pedestrian-level wind conditions around buildings: Review of wind-tunnel and CFD techniques and their accuracy for wind comfort assessment

B Blocken, T Stathopoulos, J Van Beeck - Building and Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Information on pedestrian-level wind (PLW) speed for wind comfort assessment can
be obtained by wind-tunnel measurements or Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) …

50 years of computational wind engineering: past, present and future

B Blocken - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2014 - Elsevier
In the past 50 years, Computational Wind Engineering (CWE) has undergone a successful
transition from an emerging field into an increasingly established field in wind engineering …

Comparison of hexahedral, tetrahedral and polyhedral cells for reproducing the wind field around an isolated building by LES

W Wang, Y Cao, T Okaze - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The wind field around a 1: 1: 2 isolated building was predicted by large-eddy simulation for
evaluating the pedestrian-level wind environment. This study focused on the effects of cell …

Boundary layer wind tunnel tests of outdoor airflow field around urban buildings: A review of methods and status

Y Zhao, R Li, L Feng, Y Wu, J Niu, N Gao - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Outdoor airflow fields have received increasing attention in the building aerodynamics
community in virtue of the airflow distributions around buildings are closely related to issues …

A review of the impact of blue space on the urban microclimate

P Ampatzidis, T Kershaw - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon represents a major public health issue and has
received great attention due to rapid urbanisation. Blue spaces have long been considered …

CFD simulation of outdoor ventilation of generic urban configurations with different urban densities and equal and unequal street widths

R Ramponi, B Blocken, LB de Coo… - Building and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Outdoor ventilation is very important for a healthy and livable urban environment. It is
strongly influenced by wind speed and direction, which in turn are affected by urban …

CFD simulation for pedestrian wind comfort and wind safety in urban areas: General decision framework and case study for the Eindhoven University campus

B Blocken, WD Janssen, T van Hooff - Environmental Modelling & Software, 2012 - Elsevier
Wind comfort and wind safety for pedestrians are important requirements in urban areas.
Many city authorities request studies of pedestrian wind comfort and wind safety for new …