LES over RANS in building simulation for outdoor and indoor applications: A foregone conclusion?

B Blocken - Building Simulation, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Large Eddy Simulation (LES) undeniably has the potential to provide more accurate
and more reliable results than simulations based on the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes …

[HTML][HTML] CFD simulations of turbulent flow and dispersion in built environment: A perspective review

Y Tominaga - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2024 - Elsevier
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), a powerful analysis tool in wind engineering, has been
applied to a wide variety of problems over the past few decades. The application of CFD to …

[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 …

Advances of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) applications in agricultural building modelling: Research, applications and challenges

PE Bournet, F Rojano - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) approach is a versatile technique being
applied to multiple areas of knowledge. CFD approach has contributed to comprehensively …

Computational wind engineering: 30 years of research progress in building structures and environment

T Potsis, Y Tominaga, T Stathopoulos - Journal of Wind Engineering and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The paper reviews the evolution of computational wind engineering from environmental and
structural perspectives, since the inaugural conference of computational wind engineering …

The COST 732 Best Practice Guideline for CFD simulation of flows in the urban environment: a summary

J Franke, A Hellsten, KH Schlunzen… - … of Environment and …, 2011 - inderscienceonline.com
This paper is a summary of the" Best Practice Guideline"(BPG) document (Franke et al.,
2007) produced in the framework of the European COST Action 732" Quality assurance and …

AIJ guidelines for practical applications of CFD to pedestrian wind environment around buildings

Y Tominaga, A Mochida, R Yoshie, H Kataoka… - Journal of wind …, 2008 - Elsevier
Significant improvements of computer facilities and computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
software in recent years have enabled prediction and assessment of the pedestrian wind …

CFD simulation of the atmospheric boundary layer: wall function problems

B Blocken, T Stathopoulos, J Carmeliet - Atmospheric environment, 2007 - Elsevier
Accurate Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations of atmospheric boundary layer
(ABL) flow are essential for a wide variety of atmospheric studies including pollutant …