Multiscale numerical assessment of urban overheating under climate projections: A review

J Zou, H Lu, C Shu, L Ji, A Gaur, LL Wang - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change and urbanization have exacerbated concerns about urban overheating,
affecting thermal comfort, heat-related mortality, and urban energy consumption, especially …

Knowledge and topology: A two layer spatially dependent graph neural networks to identify urban functions with time-series street view image

Y Zhang, P Liu, F Biljecki - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the rise of GeoAI research, streetscape imagery has received extensive attention due to
its comprehensive coverage, abundant information, and accessibility. However, obtaining a …

[HTML][HTML] Static downscaling of mesoscale wind conditions into an urban canopy layer by a CFD microscale model

A Ricci, M Burlando, MP Repetto, B Blocken - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Wind flows inside complex urban environments are determined by the mutual effect of large-
scale (ie, wind above the urban boundary layer, UBL) and local-scale forcing (ie constraints …

[HTML][HTML] Fluid tunnel research for challenges of urban climate

Y Zhao, LW Chew, Y Fan, C Gromke, J Hang, Y Yu… - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Experimental investigations using wind and water tunnels have long been a staple in fluid
mechanics research. These experiments often choose a specific physical process to be …

Drone Photogrammetry-based Wind Field Simulation for Climate Adaptation in Urban Environments

D Gu, N Zhang, Q Shuai, Z Xu, Y Xu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Addressing climate change issues is one of the most important tasks within the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Accurate and efficient simulation of wind fields …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated tool to improve the safety of seaports and waterways under strong wind conditions

A Ricci, R Vasaturo, B Blocken - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2023 - Elsevier
The expanding capacity of seaports for worldwide competitiveness is leading to an
increased risk exposure. The increasing ship size causes larger wind forces that can render …

[HTML][HTML] Automatic high-detailed building reconstruction workflow for urban microscale simulations

I Pađen, R Peters, C García-Sánchez… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Reconstructing urban scenarios for computational fluid dynamics simulations typically
requires significant manual effort, especially when higher geometrical details are required …

Using dispersion models at microscale to assess long-term air pollution in urban hot spots: A FAIRMODE joint intercomparison exercise for a case study in Antwerp

F Martín, S Janssen, V Rodrigues, J Sousa… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the framework of the Forum for Air Quality Modelling in Europe (FAIRMODE), a modelling
intercomparison exercise for computing NO 2 long-term average concentrations in urban …

Review of OpenFOAM applications in the computational wind engineering: from wind environment to wind structural engineering

A Ricci - Meccanica, 2024 - Springer
The use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in the wind engineering (WE) is generally
defined as computational wind engineering (CWE). Since its foundation in 2004, the use of …

[HTML][HTML] Large-Scale Solar Potential Analysis in a 3D CAD Framework as a Use Case of Urban Digital Twins

E Shirinyan, D Petrova-Antonova - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
Solar radiation impacts diverse aspects of city life, such as harvesting energy with PV
panels, passive heating of buildings in winter, cooling the loads of air-conditioning systems …