2023 – present
- Chew, L. W., Chia, J. Z. K., & Lee, P. S. (2025). Cooling Potential of Ventilating Fans in Residential Buildings in Tropics. In: Berardi, U. (eds) Multiphysics and Multiscale Building Physics. IABP 2024. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 554 (pp. 44-50). Springer, Singapore. (PDF)
- Artigas, A., Halpern, C., Chew, L. W., Swarup, S., Gelabert, A., & Blanc, N. (2024). Urban Heat and critical environmental thresholds: new bridges between science and policy?. LIEPP Policy Brief, n° 74, 2024, 7 p. hal-04707452. (PDF)
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Xin, R., Li, X. X., Du, Y., Li, M., & Chew, L. W. (2024). Simulation of a cold spell in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area with WRF: Sensitivity to PBL schemes. Atmospheric Research, 310, 107640. (PDF)
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Zhang, Y., Li, X. X., Xin, R., Chew, L. W., & Liu, C. H. (2024). Applicability of data-driven methods in modeling electricity demand-climate nexus: A tale of Singapore and Hong Kong. Energy, 131525. (PDF)
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Gong, J., Chew, L. W., & Lee, P. S. (2024). Theoretical model for high-rise solar chimneys and optimum shape for uniform flowrate distribution. Energy, 131358. (PDF)
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Wang, A., Li, X. X., Xin, R., & Chew, L. W. (2023). Impact of Anthropogenic Heat on Urban Environment: A Case Study of Singapore with High-Resolution Gridded Data. Atmosphere, 14(10), 1499. (PDF)
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Gong, J., Chew, L. W., & Lee, P. S. (2023). Shape optimization of high-rise solar chimneys to improve the uniformity of flowrate distribution. Building and Environment, 110650. (PDF)
- Zhao, Y., Chew, L. W., Fan, Y., Gromke, C., Hang, J., Yu, Y., Ricci, A., Zhang, Y., Xue, Y., Fellini, S., Mirzaei, P. A., Gao, N., Carpentieri, M., Salizzoni, P., Niu, J., & Carmeliet, J. (2023). Fluid tunnel research for challenges of urban climate. Urban Climate, 51, 101659. (PDF)
- Zhu, S., & Chew, L. W. (2023). Flows across 3D Urban Street Canyons: Reynolds Number Independence Revisited. Building Simulation 2023 Conference. International Building Performance Simulation Association. (PDF)
- Chew, L. W., & Tan, N. X. R. (2023). Thermal stratification in a full-scale room under buoyancy-driven displacement ventilation. Healthy Buildings 2023 Conference. International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate. (PDF)
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Chew, L. W. (2023). Buoyancy-driven natural ventilation: The role of thermal stratification and its impact on model accuracy. In E3S Web of Conferences (Vol. 396, p. 02038), IAQVEC 2023. EDP Sciences. (PDF)
- Chen, C., Chew, L. W., & Gorlé, C. (2023). Characterizing spatial variability in the temperature field to support thermal model validation in a naturally ventilated building. Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 1-16. (PDF)
- Chew, L. W., Li, X. X., & Chew, M. Y. L. (2023). Climate Change Projection and Its Impacts on Building Façades in Singapore. Sustainability, 15(4), 3156. (PDF)
2021 – 2022
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Gong, J., Cheng, K. X., Liu, H., Chew, L. W., & Lee, P. S. (2022). A novel staggered split absorber design for enhanced solar chimney performance. Building and Environment, 224, 109569. (PDF)
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Chew, L. W., Chen, C., & Gorlé, C. (2022). Improving thermal model predictions for naturally ventilated buildings using large eddy simulations. Building and Environment, 220, 109241. (PDF)
- Chew, L. W., Chen, C., Yuan, C., & Gorlé. C. (2022). Quantifying Convective Heat Transfer Coefficients During Natural Ventilation in a Full-Scale Operational Building. 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment. Concordia University. (PDF)
- Chew, L. W., Chen, C., & Gorlé. C. (2021). CFD-Based Analysis of the Discharge Coefficient for Buoyancy Driven Ventilation in a Full-Scale Operational Building. Building Simulation 2021 Conference. International Building Performance Simulation Association. (PDF)
- Chew, L. W., Liu, X., Li, X. X., & Norford, L. K. (2021). Interaction between heat wave and urban heat island: A case study in a tropical coastal city, Singapore. Atmospheric Research, 247, 105134. (PDF)
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Golja, C. M., Chew, L. W., Dykema, J. A., & Keith, D. W. (2021). Aerosol dynamics in the near field of the SCoPEx stratospheric balloon experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126(4), e2020JD033438. (PDF)
2019 – 2020
- Zhao, Y., Chew, L. W., Kubilay, A., & Carmeliet, J. (2020). Isothermal and non-isothermal flow in street canyons: A review from theoretical, experimental and numerical perspectives. Building and Environment, 184, 107163. (PDF)
- Chew, L. W. (2019). Outdoor wind speed enhancement in residential precincts in tropical cities (PhD dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology). (PDF)
- Chew, L. W., & Norford, L. K. (2019). Pedestrian-level wind speed enhancement with void decks in three-dimensional urban street canyons. Building and Environment, 155, 399. (PDF)
- Chew, L. W., Aliabadi, A. A., & Norford, L. K. (2019). Airflows in narrow street canyons: single or double vortex? Proceedings of the 2019 CSME International Congress. Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering. (PDF)
2017 – 2018
- Chew, L. W., Glicksman, L. R., & Norford, L. K. (2018). Buoyant flows in street canyons: Comparison of RANS and LES at reduced and full scales. Building and Environment, 146, 77. (PDF)
- Chew, L. W., & Norford, L. K. (2018). Pedestrian-level wind speed enhancement in urban street canyons with void decks. Building and Environment, 146, 64. (PDF)
- Chew, L. W., Aliabadi, A. A., & Norford, L. K. (2018). Flows across high aspect ratio street canyons: Reynolds number independence revisited. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 18, 1275. (PDF) (The raw data corresponds to Figures 2, 3, and 4 is available here)
- Dao, M. H., Chew, L. W., & Zhang, Y. (2018). Modelling physical wave tank with flap paddle and porous beach in OpenFOAM. Ocean Engineering, 154, 204-215. (PDF)
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Chew, L. W. (2017). Passive enhancement of air flow at pedestrian level in built environments (MSc dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology). (PDF)
- Chew, L. W., Nazarian, N., & Norford, L. (2017). Pedestrian-level urban wind flow enhancement with wind catchers. Atmosphere, 8(9), 159. (PDF)
- Aliabadi, A. A., Krayenhoff, E. S., Nazarian, N., Chew, L. W., Armstrong, P. R., Afshari, A., & Norford, L. K. (2017). Effects of roof-edge roughness on air temperature and pollutant concentration in urban canyons. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 164, 249-279. (PDF)
Before 2017
- Chew, L. W., Dao, M. H., Lou, J., Gao, M., & Gullman-Strand, J. (2015). Wave absorption study of artificial beach with CFD. The Twenty-fifth International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference. International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers. (PDF)
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Magee, A. R., Nelko, V., Lim, K. Y., & Chew, L. W. (2015). Benchmarking experiments for wave absorption modeling. In International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (Vol. 56598, p. V011T12A036). American Society of Mechanical Engineers. (PDF)
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Chen, Y., Zhang, Y., Gao, M., Gullman-Strand, J., Jaiman, R. K., Dao, M., & Chew, L. W. (2015). Numerical Simulation of Oblique Wave in Water Basin. International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (Vol. 56482, p. V002T08A013). American Society of Mechanical Engineers. (PDF)
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Chew, L. W., Klaseboer, E., Ohl, S. W., & Khoo, B. C. (2013). Interaction of two oscillating bubbles near a rigid boundary. Experimental thermal and fluid science, 44, 108-113. (PDF)
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Chew, L. W., Klaseboer, E., Ohl, S. W., & Khoo, B. C. (2011). Interaction of two differently sized oscillating bubbles in a free field. Physical Review E, 84(6), 066307. (PDF)