hamFOAM
Coupled Heat and Moisture transport solver for OpenFOAM v6
Solver code and documentation Click Here
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Tutorial case
hamFoam has been verified against HAMSTAD benchmark cases. Tutorial case features the HAMSTAD benchmark case 4: response analysis*, where a facade composed of brick and plaster is submitted to subsequent relative humidity, heat and moisture loads at the inner and outer surfaces.
*Hagentoft, C-E. (2002). HAMSTAD – Final report: Methodology of HAM-modeling, Report R-02:8. Gothenburg, Department of Building Physics, Chalmers University of Technology.
Relevant papers are kindly requested to be cited in case the solver is used:
Ferrari A, Kubilay A, Derome D, Carmeliet J. (2019). The use of permeable and reflective pavements as a potential strategy for urban heat island mitigation. Urban Climate; In press.
Kubilay A, Derome D, Carmeliet J. (2019). Impact of evaporative cooling due to wetting of urban materials on local thermal comfort in a street canyon. Sustainable Cities and Society; 49:101574. external pagedoi:10.1016/j.scs.2019.101574
Kubilay A, Derome D, Carmeliet J. (2018). Coupling of physical phenomena in urban microclimate: A model integrating air flow, wind-driven rain, radiation and transport in building materials. Urban Climate; 24:398–418. external pagedoi:10.1016/j.uclim.2017.04.012