WIND, RAIN AND THE BUILDING ENVELOPE - A STATUS-REPORT OF ONGOING RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY-OF-WESTERN-ONTARIO

This paper reports on ongoing research in areas related to wind-driven rain and its interaction with buildings. Progress in wind tunnel mode lling of wind-driven rain and the resulting observations of wetting pa tterns are reported. Preliminary results of investigations into mean a nd unsteady pressure gradients on buildings are also reported. An even tual objective of this work is to synthesize the results of these stud ies into future recommendations for compartmentalization of pressure-e qualized rainscreens.