Wind-driven rain solver for OpenFOAM
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WindDrivenRainFoam has been validated in the papers below. Relevant papers are kindly requested to be cited in case the solver is used.
Kubilay A, Derome D, Blocken B, Carmeliet J. (2013). CFD simulation and validation of wind-driven rain on a building facade with an Eulerian multiphase model. Building and Environment; 61:69-81. external page doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.12.005
Kubilay A, Derome D, Blocken B, Carmeliet J. (2014). Numerical simulations of wind-driven rain on an array of low-rise cubic buildings and validation by field measurements. Building and Environment; 81:283-295. external page doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.07.008
Kubilay A, Derome D, Blocken B, Carmeliet J. (2015). Numerical modeling of turbulent dispersion for wind-driven rain on building facades. Environmental Fluid Mechanics; 15(1):109-133. external page doi:10.1007/s10652-014-9363-2
Kubilay A, Derome D, Blocken B, Carmeliet J. (2015). Wind-driven rain on two parallel wide buildings: field measurements and CFD simulations. Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics; 146:11-28. external page doi:10.1016/j.jweia.2015.07.006