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A review of wind-driven rain research in building science

Blocken, B. and Carmeliet, J.
2004
Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 92 (13):1079-1130

Blocken, B. and Carmeliet, J., (2004), "A review of wind-driven rain research in building science", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 92 (13):1079-1130.
Abstract:
Wind-driven rain or driving rain is rain that is given a horizontal velocity component by the wind. Wind-driven rain research is of importance in a number of research areas including earth sciences, meteorology and building science. Research methods and results are exchangeable between these domains but no exchanges could yet be noted. This paper presents the state-of-the-art of wind-driven rain research in building science. Wind-driven rain is the most important moisture source affecting the performance of building facades. Hygrothermal and durability analysis of facades requires the quantification of the wind-driven rain loads. Research efforts can be classified according to the quantification methods used. Three categories are distinguished: (1) experimental methods, (2) semi-empirical methods and (3) numerical methods. The principles of each method are described and the state-of-the-art is outlined. It has been the intent of the present paper to bring together the reports, papers and books - published and unpublished - dealing with wind-driven rain research in building science to provide a database of information for researchers interested in and/or working in wind-driven rain research, independent of their field of expertise.
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Blocken, B.
Laboratory of Building Physics, Department of Civil Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium. http://perswww.kuleuven.ac.be/~u0008129/
  1. A simplified numerical model for rainwater runoff on building facades: Possibilities and limitations
  2. Conservative modelling of the moisture and heat transfer in building components under atmospheric excitation
  3. Driving rain on building envelopes II: representative experimental data for driving rain estimation
  4. Pedestrian wind environment around buildings: literature review and practical examples
  5. Quantification of driving rain as a boundary condition for water flow modelling in building parts
  6. Rainwater runoff from building facades: A review
  7. Spatial and temporal distribution of driving rain on a low-rise building
  8. Spatial and temporal distribution of driving rain on buildings: numerical simulation and experimental verification
  9. Validation of external BES-CFD coupling by inter-model comparison
  10. Wind, rain and the building envelope: studies at the Laboratory of Building Physics, KULeuven
  11. Wind-driven rain as a boundary condition for HAM simulations: Analysis of simplified modelling approaches  
Carmeliet, J.
Department of Civil Engineering Laboratory of Building Physics, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
  1. A comparison of different techniques to quantify moisture content profiles in porous building materials
  2. A multiscale network model for simulating moisture transfer properties of porous media
  3. A simplified numerical model for rainwater runoff on building facades: Possibilities and limitations
  4. Conservative modelling of the moisture and heat transfer in building components under atmospheric excitation
  5. Description of the moisture capacity of building materials
  6. Determination of the isothermal moisture transport properties of porous building materials
  7. Determination of the liquid water diffusivity from transient moisture transfer experiments
  8. Determination of the moisture capacity of porous building materials
  9. Driving rain on building envelopes II: representative experimental data for driving rain estimation
  10. Microscopic analysis of imbibition processes in oolitic limestone
  11. Modeling fluid flow in fractured media using continuum, network and discrete aproaches
  12. Pedestrian wind environment around buildings: literature review and practical examples
  13. Performance prediction for masonry walls with EIFS using calculation procedures and laboratory testing
  14. Position paper on material characterization and HAM model benchmarking
  15. Rainwater runoff from building facades: A review
  16. Simulating non-isothermal water vapour transfer: an experimental validation on multi-layered building components
  17. Spatial and temporal distribution of driving rain on a low-rise building
  18. The influence of soil moisture in the unsaturated zone on the heat loss from buildings via the ground
  19. Wind, rain and the building envelope: studies at the Laboratory of Building Physics, KULeuven
  20. Wind-driven rain as a boundary condition for HAM simulations: Analysis of simplified modelling approaches  


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