CFD based parametric investigations of film cooling effectiveness for various coolant injection hole geometries and injection angles

Computational analysis on film cooling effectiveness over a flat plate using different coolant injection hole geometries are reported. The designed computational setup and flow physics are suitably validated against the existing experimental results for an injection angle of 30°. The present study reports and compares the degree of film...

Characterizing the thermal effects of vegetation on urban surface temperature

Vegetation is important for urban heat mitigation. The cooling intensity of vegetation is affected by background climate and urban design. How to evaluate vegetation cooling efficiency under different climate conditions is still an issue open to discussion. In this study, a normalized indicator of urban vegetation cooling efficiency (NVCE) is...

Using satellite imagery analysis to classify and redesign provincial parks for a better cooling effect on cities: The case study of South Holland

The purpose of this research is to analyse the thermal behaviour of South Holland provincial parks during heat waves, in order to provide design adaptation guidelines to increase their cooling capacity over the hotspots present in their urban surroundings. This research analyses the thermal behaviour of different land use patches (forests,...