Wind Engineering
The aerodynamics of buildings and structures have important consequences to issues such as:
- wind induced natural ventilation
- Pedestrian wind comfort
- wind loads
- wind nuisance
Work in this topic focuses mostly on:
- Wind induced natural ventilation
- Impact of wind on building renewable energy systems.
Figure: Flow field around photovoltaic panels installed on roof. The aim of this study was to establish the convective heat transfer coefficients on building roofs as a result of the presence of the panels which influences the flow field and hence the forced convective effects.
Source: Micallef, D., Buhagiar, V., Borg, S.P. (2015). The influence of photovoltaics on roof thermal performance. PLEA 2015 Bologna Italy. September 2015.
Figure: Natural ventilation of a room on a courtyard building leeward side. Adapted from Micallef et al. (2016).
Source: Micallef, D., Buhagiar, V., Borg, S.P. (2016). Cross-ventilation of a room in a courtyard building. Energy and Buildings, 133, 658-669.
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