A. Kubilay, J. Bourcet, Jessica Gravel, Xiaohai Zhou, D. Derome, J. Carmeliet
{"title":"Wind-driven rain exposure and moisture damage risk of heritage facades","authors":"A. Kubilay, J. Bourcet, Jessica Gravel, Xiaohai Zhou, D. Derome, J. Carmeliet","doi":"10.14293/ICMB210034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14293/ICMB210034","url":null,"abstract":"Accurate estimation of wind-driven rain (WDR) load on building facades is of paramount importance for the assessment of moisture-induced damage risks. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of WDR are performed for the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Canada. Combined with a statistical analysis of the long-term local meteorological conditions, zones of facades receiving the highest amount of WDR are determined. Then, for critical locations on the facade, the Climatic Index is used as a metric, taking into account the total wetting load and total drying potential, in order to identify the façade locations and periods that show high risk of moisture damage.","PeriodicalId":196752,"journal":{"name":"Wind-driven rain exposure and moisture damage risk of heritage facades","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132164440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}