Monitoring of the Airflow around the Façade of an Office Building

Abstract:

This paper describes measurement units on the building façade, which enable the possibility to conduct a full-scale measurement with a very high resolution of the outdoor climate parameters around the building. The façade of the Research center building, which is a part of University of Zilina campus, is equipped with 36 weather stations to measure the outdoor climate conditions and impact of the building on the approaching wind flow and air temperature distribution, solar radiance impact on the façade, etc. In this article, the wind flow around the building in different heights is monitored, analyzed and compared to the free wind flow.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 887)
• Pages: 579-586
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.887.579
• Online since: January 2019
• Authors: Peter Juras*, Radoslav Ponechal
• Keywords: CFD Simulation, Façade, In Situ Measurement, Office Building, Wind, Wind Flow

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