Frost, Adam;
Orr, Scott Allan;
Grau-Bovea, Josep;
Wilson, Lyn;
(2023)
Assessing wind-driven rain loads on traditional buildings using computational fluid dynamics and 3D digital documentation data.
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Assessing wind-driven rain loads on traditional buildings using computational fluid dynamics and 3D digital documentation data.
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Abstract
Moisture in building fabric from wind-driven rain (WDR) is associated with several erosion decay mechanisms. To relate the WDR load to known issues from moisture in traditional buildings, several methods can be used to calculate WDR loads on building facades. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) enables detailed modelling of WDR for buildings by simulating coupled wind flow and rainfall, but implementations for traditional buildings often use simplified hard surface modelling of architectural details. We apply the open source OpenFOAM windDrivenRainFoam solver to 3D digital documentation survey data for Melrose Abbey, Scotland. This approach enables detailed representation of building geometry with flexibility to change resolution as required, based on an accurate high resolution geometric dataset.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Assessing wind-driven rain loads on traditional buildings using computational fluid dynamics and 3D digital documentation data |
| Event: | The 2nd International Conference on Moisture in Buildings (ICMB23) |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14293/icmb230021 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/doi.org/10.14293/ICMB230021 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third-party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | WDR; CFD; precipitation; porous masonry; climate change; rainfall; traditional buildings; built heritage |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10172584 |
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