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Overview

Yoshihide Tominaga is affiliated with the Niigata Institute of Technology in Japan, focusing their research on environmental and engineering sciences. Their contributions encompass a broad range of studies in environmental engineering and aerospace engineering, with specific attention to aerodynamics and fluid dynamics in built environments.

Their research extensively covers the study of wind and air flow, particularly in urban and architectural contexts. Key topics include:

  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Tominaga has published numerous papers in several reputable venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Building and Environment (12 publications)
  • Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics (6 publications)
  • Wind Engineers JAWE (6 publications)
  • AIJ Journal of Technology and Design (3 publications)
  • Building Simulation (2 publications)

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Tominaga are:

  • "CFD modeling of airborne pathogen transmission of COVID-19 in confined spaces under different ventilation strategies," 2021, Sustainable Cities and Society
  • "Large-eddy simulation of flow around an isolated building: A step-by-step analysis of influencing factors on turbulent statistics," 2021, Building and Environment
  • "Wind tunnel measurement of three-dimensional turbulent flow structures around a building group: Impact of high-rise buildings on pedestrian wind environment," 2021, Building and Environment
  • "Accuracy of CFD simulations in urban aerodynamics and microclimate: Progress and challenges," 2023, Building and Environment
  • "Computational wind engineering: 30 years of research progress in building structures and environment," 2023, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Collaboration is a notable part of Tominaga's research efforts. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Mohammadreza Shirzadi (17 joint publications)
  • Hideki Kikumoto (5 joint publications)
  • Parham A. Mirzaei (4 joint publications)
  • Tsubasa Okaze (4 joint publications)
  • Nikhil Kumar (4 joint publications)

The main fields of study for Tominaga's work are Environmental Science, with 44 publications, and Engineering, with 40 publications. Within these fields, their work often intersects with subfields such as Environmental Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Building and Construction, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Best Publications

  • AIJ guidelines for practical applications of CFD to pedestrian wind environment around buildings

    Yoshihide Tominaga;Akashi Mochida;Ryuichiro Yoshie;Hiroto Kataoka

  • Turbulent Schmidt numbers for CFD analysis with various types of flowfield

    Yoshihide Tominaga;Theodore Stathopoulos

  • CFD Simulation of Near-Field Pollutant Dispersion in the Urban Environment: A Review of Current Modeling Techniques

    Yoshihide Tominaga;Ted Stathopoulos

  • Cooperative project for CFD prediction of pedestrian wind environment in the Architectural Institute of Japan

    R. Yoshie;Akashi Mochida;Y. Tominaga;H. Kataoka

  • Wind tunnel tests on the relationship between building density and pedestrian-level wind velocity: Development of guidelines for realizing acceptable wind environment in residential neighborhoods

    Tetsu Kubota;Masao Miura;Yoshihide Tominaga;Akashi Mochida

  • Comparison of various revised k–ε models and LES applied to flow around a high-rise building model with 1:1:2 shape placed within the surface boundary layer

    Yoshihide Tominaga;Akashi Mochida;Shuzo Murakami;Satoshi Sawaki

  • On the accuracy of CFD simulations of cross-ventilation flows for a generic isolated building: Comparison of RANS, LES and experiments

    T. van Hooff;B. Blocken;Y. Tominaga

  • CFD modeling of pollution dispersion in a street canyon: Comparison between LES and RANS

    Yoshihide Tominaga;Ted Stathopoulos

  • Numerical simulation of dispersion around an isolated cubic building: Model evaluation of RANS and LES

    Yoshihide Tominaga;Ted Stathopoulos

  • Numerical simulation of dispersion around an isolated cubic building: Comparison of various types of k–ɛ models

    Yoshihide Tominaga;Ted Stathopoulos

  • Air flow around isolated gable-roof buildings with different roof pitches: Wind tunnel experiments and CFD simulations

    Yoshihide Tominaga;Shin-ichi Akabayashi;Takuya Kitahara;Yuki Arinami

  • Comparison of various k-ε models and DSM applied to flow around a high-rise building - Report on AIJ cooperative project for CFD prediction of wind environment

    A. Mochida;Y. Tominaga;S. Murakami;R. Yoshie

  • CFD modeling of snowdrift around a building: An overview of models and evaluation of a new approach

    Yoshihide Tominaga;Tsubasa Okaze;Akashi Mochida

  • Wind tunnel experiments on cross-ventilation flow of a generic building with contaminant dispersion in unsheltered and sheltered conditions

    Yoshihide Tominaga;Bert Blocken;Bert Blocken

  • Ten Questions Concerning Modeling of Near-Field Pollutant Dispersion in the Built Environment.

    Yoshihide Tominaga;Ted Stathopoulos

  • Velocity-pressure field of cross ventilation with open windows analyzed by wind tunnel and numerical simulation

    Shinsuke Kato;Shuzo Murakami;Akashi Mochida;Shin ichi Akabayashi

  • Flow around a high-rise building using steady and unsteady RANS CFD: Effect of large-scale fluctuations on the velocity statistics

    Yoshihide Tominaga

  • CFD Modeling of Pollution Dispersion in Building Array: Evaluation of turbulent scalar flux modeling in RANS model using LES results

    Yoshihide Tominaga;Ted Stathopoulos

  • Cross Comparisons of CFD Results of Wind Environment at Pedestrian Level around a High-rise Building and within a Building Complex

    Yoshihide Tominaga;Akashi Mochida;Taichi Shirasawa;Ryuichiro Yoshie

  • Wind tunnel analysis of flow and dispersion in cross-ventilated isolated buildings: Impact of opening positions

    Yoshihide Tominaga;Bert Blocken;Bert Blocken

Frequent Co-Authors

Akashi Mochida
Akashi Mochida Tohoku University
Ted Stathopoulos
Ted Stathopoulos Concordia University
Bje Bert Blocken
Bje Bert Blocken Heriot-Watt University
Ryozo Ooka
Ryozo Ooka University of Tokyo
Jan Carmeliet
Jan Carmeliet ETH Zurich
Shinsuke Kato
Shinsuke Kato University of Tokyo
Staf Roels
Staf Roels KU Leuven
Horia Hangan
Horia Hangan University of Western Ontario

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