Urban Physics： Effect of the micro-climate on comfort, health and energy demand

作     者：Peter Moonen Thijs Defraeye Viktor Dorer Bert Blocken Jan Carmeliet 

作者机构：ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ZUrich Switzerland Empa Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology KUL Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Leuven Belgium TU/e Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven The Netherlands 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Architectural Research》 (建筑学研究前沿（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第1卷第3期

页      面：197-228页

核心收录：

学科分类：080705[工学-制冷及低温工程] 080702[工学-热能工程] 08[工学] 0807[工学-动力工程及工程热物理] 

基　　金：Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek  FWO 

主　　题：Fietd experiments Wind tunnet experi-ments Nurnerical simutations Computationat fluiddynamics (CFD) Wind comfort Thermal comfort Energy demand Pollutant dispersion Wind-driven rain 

摘      要：The global trend towards urbanisation explains the growing interest in the study of the modification of the urban climate due to the heat island effect and global warming, and its impact on enersy use of buildings. Also urban comfort, health and durability, referring respectively to pedestrian wind/ thermal comfort, pollutant dispersion and wind-driven rain are of interest. Urban Physics is a well- established discipline, incorporating relevant branches of physics, environmental chemistry, aerodynamics, meteorolosy and statistics. Therefore, Urban Physics is well positioned to provide keycontributions to the current urban problems and challenges. The present paper addresses the role of Urban Physics in the study of wind comfort, thermal comfort, energy demand, pollutant dispersion and wind-driven rain. Furthermore, the three major research methods applied in Urban Physics, namely field experiments, wind tunnel experiments and numerical simulations are discussed. Case studies illustrate the current challenges and the relevant contributions of Urban Physics.