The relation between wind-driven rain (WDR) and its potential negative effects on the hygrothermal performance and durability of building facades can be better understood by the correct estimation of the spatial and temporal distribution of the WDR intensity. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations with Eulerian Multiphase (EM) modeling are used to obtain accurate spatial and temporal in...

purpose: to report the results of different methods for true corneal power and intraocular lens (iol) power calculation in 10 eyes with previous radial keratotomy (rk) with or without astigmatic keratotomy. methods: in this case series including 10 eyes of 7 patients who had undergone rk with or without astigmatic keratotomy, we firstly determined corneal power using two methods: contact lens m...

Infrared (IR)-radiation of buildings can be captured by thermal image data. Nowadays, thermal images of different parts of buildings acquired in various scales are analysed, however conducted analysis concern mainly the radiometric characteristics, avoiding dealing with the geometry of the images. Aim of our work is the automated texture mapping of existing 3D building models with images record...

Building facade extraction is the primary step in the recognition process in outdoor scenes. It is also a challenging task since each building can be viewed from different angles or under different lighting conditions. In outdoor imagery, regions, such as sky, trees, pavement cause interference for a successful building facade recognition. In this paper we propose a knowledge based approach to ...

The real time rendering of complex virtual city models has become more important in the last few years for many practical applications like realistic navigation or urban planning. For maximum rendering performance, the complexity of the geometry or textures can be reduced by decreasing the resolution until the data set can fully reside on the memory of the graphics card. This typically results ...

The network-based visualization of large photo-realistic 3D landscape and city models has received significant attention over the last five years in the computer graphics and network community. To make such 3D geoweb services appealing to a large audience, 3D city models must reach a sufficient level of realism and faithfulness. The first problematic was the transmission and visualization of su...

The long-term pressure on a properly functioning modern infrastructure is the main reason for the development of new construction elements and technological processes. In the case of buildings, this development can offer original and significant improvements in aesthetic, functional and economical terms. Then the implemented structural elements and technological systems have a major impact on t...

As one of the main and largest components, facades make a determining contribution to sustainability performance whole building. Thus, selecting optimal wall system is key challenge for designers, especially on multi-material facades. To meet requirements (i.e., cost, energy performance, aesthetics, maintainability) determined by stakeholders client, authorities, designers), this selection invo...