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 …

CFD modeling of snowdrift around a building: An overview of models and evaluation of a new approach

Y Tominaga, T Okaze, A Mochida - Building and Environment, 2011 - Elsevier
The first part of this paper provides an overview of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
modeling of snowdrift around a building by reviewing previous research including the …

Effect of roof shape, wind direction, building height and urban configuration on the energy yield and positioning of roof mounted wind turbines

I Abohela, N Hamza, S Dudek - Renewable energy, 2013 - Elsevier
The increasing interest among architects and planners in designing environmentally friendly
buildings has led to a desire to explore and integrate renewable sources of energy. Roof …

[HTML][HTML] Computational fluid dynamics simulation of snowdrift around buildings: Past achievements and future perspectives

Y Tominaga - Cold Regions Science and Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the current status of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling of
snowdrift around buildings and discusses the review findings to give insight into future …

Numerical simulation and wind tunnel test for redistribution of snow on a flat roof

X Zhou, L Kang, M Gu, L Qiu, J Hu - Journal of Wind Engineering and …, 2016 - Elsevier
A real snowstorm often lasts for hours to several days. Simulating snow drifting on a roof
through traditional transient method of computational fluid dynamics would be time …

A review of computational fluid dynamics simulations of wind-induced snow drifting around obstacles

X Zhou, T Zhang - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the status of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of snow
drifting around obstacles and gives prospects for future work. First, the main CFD methods …

CFD simulation of snow redistribution on gable roofs: Impact of roof slope

X Zhou, Y Zhang, L Kang, M Gu - Journal of Wind Engineering and …, 2019 - Elsevier
A series of 2D steady RANS CFD simulations are conducted in this study to investigate the
impact of roof slope on the snow redistribution on gable roofs. A small value of turbulent …

A review of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) airflow modelling over aeolian landforms

TAG Smyth - Aeolian research, 2016 - Elsevier
Aeolian landforms occur on all earths' continents as well as on Mars, Titan and Venus and
are typically formed where sediment is eroded and/or deposited by near surface wind flow …

Numerical modelling of wind flow over a complex topography

SJ Wakes, T Maegli, KJ Dickinson, MJ Hilton - Environmental Modelling & …, 2010 - Elsevier
Numerical modelling of wind flow over complex dune topography is an ambitious prospect.
There is an increasing need to understand wind flow over complex topography for land …

Designing for pedestrian comfort in response to local climate

H Wu, F Kriksic - Journal of wind engineering and industrial …, 2012 - Elsevier
The paper describes methodologies for microclimate assessment and provides strategies for
master planners and building designers to create pedestrian comfort conditions that are …