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B. Blocken, J. Carmeliet, "Development, Application and Verification of a Numerical Model for Spatial and Temporal Rain Load Distribution", in B.H.V. Topping, (Editor), "Computational Mechanics: Techniques and Developments", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 275-284, 2000. doi:10.4203/ccp.66.11.1

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An existing numerical technique for driving rain simulation based on Computational Fluid Dynamics is incorporated into a practical numerical method that allows estimating the spatial and temporal distribution of rain over land or on obstacles. The method is applied here to determine the driving rain load on the facade of a low-rise building for a series of spells. The numerical results are experimentally verified by comparison with full-scale measurements. It is shown that the numerical method can accurately estimate driving rain loads on buildings. A new averaging technique for climatic data to be used in driving rain estimation is proposed. Its performance is compared to that of currently used averaging techniques and shows to be good whereas the other averaging techniques can yield large errors.

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Front Page Browse CCP CSETS CTR IJRT Other Authors Search Purchase Guide FAQ Contact us	Civil-Comp Proceedings ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 66 COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS: TECHNIQUES AND DEVELOPMENTS Edited by: B.H.V. Topping Paper XI.1 Development, Application and Verification of a Numerical Model for Spatial and Temporal Rain Load Distribution B. Blocken and J. Carmeliet Laboratory of Building Physics, Catholic University of Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium doi:10.4203/ccp.66.11.1 purchase the full-text of this paper Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper B. Blocken, J. Carmeliet, "Development, Application and Verification of a Numerical Model for Spatial and Temporal Rain Load Distribution", in B.H.V. Topping, (Editor), "Computational Mechanics: Techniques and Developments", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 275-284, 2000. doi:10.4203/ccp.66.11.1 Abstract An existing numerical technique for driving rain simulation based on Computational Fluid Dynamics is incorporated into a practical numerical method that allows estimating the spatial and temporal distribution of rain over land or on obstacles. The method is applied here to determine the driving rain load on the facade of a low-rise building for a series of spells. The numerical results are experimentally verified by comparison with full-scale measurements. It is shown that the numerical method can accurately estimate driving rain loads on buildings. A new averaging technique for climatic data to be used in driving rain estimation is proposed. Its performance is compared to that of currently used averaging techniques and shows to be good whereas the other averaging techniques can yield large errors. purchase the full-text of this paper (price £20) go to the previous paper go to the next paper return to the table of contents return to the book description purchase this book (price £76 +P&P)
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