[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 …

Urban buoyancy-driven air flow and modelling method: A critical review

SJ Mei, C Yuan - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The evaluation of buoyancy effect on urban ventilation, especially on low wind conditions, is
important for the extreme urban heat islands to improve urban climate resilience. To provide …

Comparison of uniform and non-uniform surface heating effects on in-canyon airflow and ventilation by CFD simulations and scaled outdoor experiments

G Chen, J Hang, L Chen, Y Lin - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Many studies have simplified the thermal buoyancy in urban areas as a uniform surface
heating effect. However, a realistic scenario under solar shading conditions corresponds to …

The influence of aspect ratios and solar heating on flow and ventilation in 2D street canyons by scaled outdoor experiments

G Chen, X Yang, H Yang, J Hang, Y Lin, X Wang… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wind-driven dynamic force and buoyancy force are two main driving forces in urban
ventilation. As a novelty, this paper performs scaled outdoor measurements to examine the …

Review on pollutant dispersion in urban areas-part A: Effects of mechanical factors and urban morphology

Z Li, T Ming, S Liu, C Peng, R de Richter, W Li… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cities are facing significant challenges due to low outdoor air quality. Hence, a growing
number of studies have been conducted to develop strategies for improving air quality. This …

Effects of height-asymmetric street canyon configurations on outdoor air temperature and air quality

Z Li, H Zhang, CY Wen, AS Yang, YH Juan - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the effects of height-asymmetric street canyon configurations on air
temperature and air quality at the pedestrian level using the ANSYS Fluent® software. The …

Effects of frontal area density on outdoor thermal comfort and air quality

Z Li, H Zhang, CY Wen, AS Yang, YH Juan - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper systematically investigates the effects of the frontal area density of various three-
dimensional (3D) array building models on the thermal comfort and air quality at the …

A review of advances towards efficient reduced-order models (ROM) for predicting urban airflow and pollutant dispersion

S Masoumi-Verki, F Haghighat, U Eicker - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models have been used for the simulation of urban
airflow and pollutant dispersion, due to their capability to capture different length scales and …

The use of GANs and transfer learning in model-order reduction of turbulent wake of an isolated high-rise building

S Masoumi-Verki, F Haghighat, N Bouguila… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The high cost of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations has limited their use for
real-time and long-term simulations. To address this limitation, reduced-order modeling has …

Impacts of viaduct and geometry configurations on the distribution of traffic-related particulate matter in urban street canyon

KF Lu, ZR Peng - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Viaduct is a ubiquitous transportation infrastructure in the congested megacities worldwide
to improve the accessibility and capacity of urban transportation network. However, there is …