TY - JOUR
T1 - Experiment of wind-driven-rain measurement on building walls and its in-situ validation
AU - Cho, Eunsaem
AU - Yoo, Chulsang
AU - Kang, Minseok
AU - Song, Sung uk
AU - Kim, Soeun
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by a grant (19CTAP-C143641-02) from Infrastructure and Transportation Technology Promotion Research Program funded by Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport of Korean government .
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© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
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Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/11
Y1 - 2020/11
N2 - This study proposes an empirical equation that estimates the amount of wind-driven rain (WDR) on a building wall, meaning the amount of rainfall intercepted by a building wall. The proposed equation was formulated by analyzing the results obtained in previous studies on the vertical profile and spatial distribution of WDR on building walls. A laboratory experiment was conducted to collect WDR measurements for several building wall models that fit the proposed empirical equation. This study also observed the WDR for a miniature building located on the rooftop of the Engineering Building of Korea University. The proposed empirical equation was validated by comparing its estimates to in-situ observations. The results indicate that the estimations and the observed results are similar overall, but there are some discrepancies particularly when the WDR is small, with a correlation coefficient of 0.71 and root mean square error of 1.90 mm/hr⋅m2. This study also estimates the amount of rainwater that can be collected from a building wall. The result shows that, even for a small building with a ratio of building wall to building roof of one, the amount of rainfall intercepted by the building wall can be up to 50% of the amount of rainwater collected on the building roof. This finding supports the idea that the WDR from a building wall can be a significant source of harvested rainwater.
AB - This study proposes an empirical equation that estimates the amount of wind-driven rain (WDR) on a building wall, meaning the amount of rainfall intercepted by a building wall. The proposed equation was formulated by analyzing the results obtained in previous studies on the vertical profile and spatial distribution of WDR on building walls. A laboratory experiment was conducted to collect WDR measurements for several building wall models that fit the proposed empirical equation. This study also observed the WDR for a miniature building located on the rooftop of the Engineering Building of Korea University. The proposed empirical equation was validated by comparing its estimates to in-situ observations. The results indicate that the estimations and the observed results are similar overall, but there are some discrepancies particularly when the WDR is small, with a correlation coefficient of 0.71 and root mean square error of 1.90 mm/hr⋅m2. This study also estimates the amount of rainwater that can be collected from a building wall. The result shows that, even for a small building with a ratio of building wall to building roof of one, the amount of rainfall intercepted by the building wall can be up to 50% of the amount of rainwater collected on the building roof. This finding supports the idea that the WDR from a building wall can be a significant source of harvested rainwater.
KW - Building wall
KW - Rainfall interception
KW - Rainwater harvesting
KW - Wind-driven rain
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U2 - 10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.107269
DO - 10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.107269
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85090903309
VL - 185
JO - Building and Environment
JF - Building and Environment
SN - 0360-1323
M1 - 107269
ER -