Ten iterative steps for model development and evaluation applied to Computational Fluid Dynamics for Environmental Fluid Mechanics

By B. Blocken, Carlo Gualtieri. Environmental Modelling & Software, 2012

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Computational Mechanics, Environmental Engineering

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CFD simulations of the aerodynamic drag of two drafting cyclists (2013, methodology): “The grids were based on grid-sensitivity analysis and grid-generation guidelines in CFD [25-31].”
A review on the CFD analysis of urban microclimate (2017, methodology): “Various CFD best practice guidelines [19,76,77] referred to this problem and advised the use of other turbulence models, such as realizable k-ε [154].”
On the Values for the Turbulent Schmidt Number in Environmental Flows (2017, methodology): “More recently, [2] suggested applying the guidelines for model development and evaluation first addressed by [3], i.”
Characterising performance of environmental models (2013, methodology): “Also, the steps can be linked to existing modelling guidelines (e.g., Henriksen et al., 2009; Hutchins et al., 2006; Piuleac et al., 2010; Blocken and Gualtieri, 2012).”
Computational Fluid Dynamics for urban physics: Importance, scales, possibilities, limitations and ten tips and tricks towards accurate and reliable simulations (2015, background): “More generic best practice advice was provided by Jakeman et al. [198] in the article “Ten iterative steps in development and evaluation of environmental models”, which were later on extended to development and evaluation of process-based biogeochemical models of estuaries by Robson et al. [199] but”
LES over RANS in building simulation for outdoor and indoor applications: A foregone conclusion? (2018, background): “…and evaluation of environmental models”, which were later on extended to development and evaluation of process-based biogeochemical models of estuaries by Robson et al. (2008) but also to CFD for environmental fluid mechanics (including building simulation) by Blocken and Gualtieri (2012).”