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 …

Near-field pollutant dispersion in the urban environment involves the interaction of a plume
and the flow field perturbed by building obstacles. In the past two decades, micro-scale …

Outdoor ventilation is very important for a healthy and livable urban environment. It is
strongly influenced by wind speed and direction, which in turn are affected by urban …

Wind comfort and wind safety for pedestrians are important requirements in urban areas.
Many city authorities request studies of pedestrian wind comfort and wind safety for new …

Knowledge of the pressure distribution on building walls is important for the evaluation of
wind loads and natural ventilation. Wind-induced pressure distributions are influenced by a …

The global trend towards urbanisation explains the growing interest in the study of the
modification of the urban climate due to the heat island effect and global warming, and its …

Turbulence modeling and validation by experiments are key issues in the simulation of
micro-scale atmospheric dispersion. This study evaluates the performance of two different …

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is increasingly used to study a wide variety of complex
Environmental Fluid Mechanics (EFM) processes, such as water flow and turbulent mixing of …

The transpirational cooling of vegetation as a measure to mitigate outdoor air temperatures
was investigated for a street canyon in the city center of Arnhem, the Netherlands for the …

This article provides an overview of the application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in
building performance simulation for the outdoor environment, focused on four topics:(1) …