At present, the research on wind-driven rain (WDR) mainly
focuses on rectangular buildings, and there is still a lack of research
on WDR for commonly shaped buildings. Therefore, revealing the WDR
distribution pattern of this type of building has become an essential
work in the field of WDR. In this paper, the WDR numerical simulation
method based on the Eulerian multiphase (EM) model is used to simulate
and analyze the WDR distribution characteristics of three types of
shaped buildings under different wind speeds and rainfall intensities,
and the differences between the WDRs of the three types of shaped
buildings and those of the typical rectangular buildings. The results
show that, unlike the case of a continuous distribution of the WDR on
the facade of a rectangular building, the facade WDR distribution of
shaped buildings is more complicated due to the interference of their
particular shapes. As the protruding portion of the windward facade
effectively reduces the intrusion of WDR into the neighborhood, the
catch ratio in the corner area tends to be 0. Compared to the rainfall
intensity, the wind speed has a more significant effect on the catch
ratio of the shaped building facade, and the maximum value of the catch
ratio is increased by 0.8 when the rainfall intensity is kept constant
and the wind speed is increased from
to
.