[HTML][HTML] On the use of numerical modelling for near-field pollutant dispersion in urban environments− A review

M Lateb, RN Meroney, M Yataghene, H Fellouah… - Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
This article deals with the state-of-the-art of experimental and numerical studies carried out
regarding air pollutant dispersion in urban environments. Since the simulation of the …

CFD simulation of the wind environment around an isolated high-rise building: An evaluation of SRANS, LES and DES models

J Liu, J Niu - Building and Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
The choice of proper turbulence models in computational fluid dynamics is still a challenging
issue for accurately predicting outdoor microclimate and thermal comfort conditions in urban …

[HTML][HTML] CFD simulations of near-field pollutant dispersion with different plume buoyancies

Y Tominaga, T Stathopoulos - Building and Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
This study performs computational fluid dynamics simulations for flow and dispersion fields
around an isolated cubic building model with tracer gases being exhausted from an exit …

Assessing aerodynamic loads on low-rise buildings considering Reynolds number and turbulence effects: a review

MF Khaled, AM Aly - Advances in Aerodynamics, 2022 - Springer
This paper presents an extensive review of existing techniques used in estimating design
wind pressures considering Reynolds number and turbulence effects, as well as a case …

Evaluation of computational and physical parameters influencing CFD simulations of pollutant dispersion in building arrays

Y Dai, CM Mak, Z Ai, J Hang - Building and environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Many CFD studies have investigated the influence of computational parameters on the
predicted concentration distribution of pollutants around isolated buildings, but such studies …

Dynamic meshing modelling for particle resuspension caused by swinging manikin motion

Y Tao, K Inthavong, JY Tu - Building and Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Human-induced wake flow characteristics and its impact on particle re-dispersion from the
floor was investigated by performing CFD simulations of a moving thermal manikin model …

[HTML][HTML] Flow-based stress-blended eddy simulation: A local RANS/LES turbulence model for urban flow CFD simulations

L Cotteleer, R Longo, F Debaste, A Parente - Results in Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
In the present article, we introduce a local hybrid RANS/LES turbulence model, the Flow-
based Stress-Blended Eddy Simulation (Fb-SBES). The methodology is applied to urban …

Computational efficiency of CFD modeling for building engineering: An empty domain study

MF Khaled, AM Aly, A Elshaer - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
In computational wind engineering, Large Eddy Simulation (LES) operates with superior
accuracy. However, this comes with a higher computational cost compared to Reynolds …

Effect of flow disturbance induced by walking on the performance of personalized ventilation coupled with mixing ventilation

D Al Assaad, K Ghali, N Ghaddar - Building and Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The aim of this work is to investigate the effect of a walking occupant disturbance, on the
performance of personalized ventilation (PV). A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model …

Application of a multi-variable optimization method to determine lift-up design for optimum wind comfort

Y Du, CM Mak, Y Li - Building and Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
The lift-up building design has been demonstrated to provide favorable wind comfort, but
there is a lack of investigation on optimum wind comfort condition. This study coupled …