Research Output per year
Organization profile
Introduction / mission
By combining applied physics and building construction engineering, the (energy) efficiency of buildings and urban areas can be significantly enhanced – immediately and for years to come.
Highlighted phrase
Physics for architecture, planning and building to improve durability, sustainability and health
Organisational profile
Building Physics (BP) is the physics research group of the Building Physics and Services (BPS) unit at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). The aim is to acquire new knowledge and to develop and integrate methods, based on physics research and application, that result in a sustainable, healthy, comfortable and productive indoor and outdoor environment. Physical knowledge is vital throughout the lifecycle of building or a built environment, from design right through to planning, construction and maintenance. Especially in the light of fast-changing requirements and development of new materials and processes.
Building Physics research can be divided into two categories:
Urban Physics and Environmental Wind Engineering
Urban Physics is the science and engineering of physical processes in urban areas. It deals with the transfer of heat, air, moisture and pollutants in the outdoor and indoor environment of buildings. The Building Physics group focuses specifically on wind flow and related processes in the atmospheric boundary layer and their interaction with obstacles in this layer, such as buildings, vehicles and trees. Topics such as urban heat island effects, natural ventilation, air pollution, outdoor thermal and wind comfort are also addressed. Fundamental and applied research is based on-site measurements, wind tunnel measurements and numerical simulation with Computational Fluid Dynamics.
Building physics and monuments
Building physics and monuments deals with heating, cooling and ventilation in historic houses and buildings, effects of humidification and dehumidification, monitoring and controls, pollution and soiling and balancing conservation with human comfort and sustainability. The purpose of this work is threefold: getting a better knowledge of building physics and systems in monumental buildings, improving the indoor climate and durability for the buildings and their collections and propagation of this knowledge to students, engineers and architects.
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Computational fluid dynamics
Engineering & Materials Science
Ventilation
Engineering & Materials Science
Wind tunnels
Engineering & Materials Science
computational fluid dynamics
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Facades
Engineering & Materials Science
Computer simulation
Engineering & Materials Science
Aerodynamics
Engineering & Materials Science
Thermal comfort
Engineering & Materials Science
Network
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Profiles
Claudio Alanis Ruiz, PDEng, MSc
- Department of the Built Environment, Building Physics - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
Nestoras Antoniou, MSc
- Department of the Built Environment, Building Physics - Former Doctoral Candidate
Person: Unknown
Bert Blocken
- Department of the Built Environment, Building Physics - Full Professor
Person: HGL : Professor
Research Output 1975 2020
Accuracy of different machine learning algorithms and added-value of predicting aggregated-level energy performance of commercial buildings
Walker, S., Khan, W., Katic, K., Maassen, W. & Zeiler, W., 15 Feb 2020, In : Energy and Buildings. 209, 14 p., 109705.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
File
Energy Levels
Electron energy levels
Learning algorithms
Learning systems
Learning Algorithm
A novel approach to simulate pollutant dispersion in the built environment: Transport-based recurrence CFD
Du, Y., Blocken, B. & Pirker, S., Mar 2020, In : Building and Environment. 170, 13 p., 106604.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
computational fluid dynamics
pollutant
Computational fluid dynamics
large eddy simulation
Large eddy simulation
Impact of turbulence models and roughness height in 3D steady RANS simulations of wind flow in an urban environment
Ricci, A., Kalkman, I., Blocken, B., Burlando, M. & Repetto, M. P., 15 Mar 2020, In : Building and Environment. 171, 25 p., 106617.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
File
Turbulence models
roughness
turbulence
Surface roughness
Computational fluid dynamics
Prizes
File
ANSYS Hall of Fame
Thijs van Druenen (Recipient), 1 Sep 2019
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
File
Award as Top-Cited Author from the ISI Journal Atmospheric Environment for the period 2007-2010.[ranked 4th on total of 2662 published articles in Scopus]
Bert Blocken (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
boundary layer
simulation
Activities 1980 2021
Building and Environment (Journal)
Bert J.E. Blocken (Editorial board member)1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2021
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics (Journal)
Bert Blocken (Editor)1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2021
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
Scientific Director of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel of Eindhoven University of Technology
Bert Blocken (Supervisor)1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2021
Activity: Other activity types › Other › Scientific
Press / Media
Article in Online Newspaper "Het Nieuwsblad": "2019 was hun jaar: wetenschap: Bert Blocken"
28/12/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Article in Newspaper "Het Nieuwsblad": "2019 was hun jaar: Wetenschap: Bert Blocken"
28/12/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Wind tunnels passé? – “They’re still going to be built one hundred years from now”
24/12/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Student theses
A strategy for investigating effects of technical transition scenarios to more sustainable gasless existing districts: a case study
Author: Kraakman, J., 28 May 2019Supervisor: Zeiler, W. (Supervisor 1), Walker, S. (Supervisor 2) & Heijmans, B. (External person) (External coach)
Student thesis: Master
File
Automated two-way coupled CFD fire and thermomechanical FE analyses of a self-supporting sandwich panel façade system
Author: de Boer, J., 26 Jun 2018Supervisor: Hofmeyer, H. (Supervisor 1), Maljaars, J. (Supervisor 2) & van Herpen, R. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Beekpark
Author: van Hoorn, H., 31 Aug 1998Supervisor: Dirrix, H. (Supervisor 1), Schutgens, M. (Supervisor 2) & Rutten, T. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master