Publications

2023 – present

  1. 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)
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. 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)
  6. 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)
  7. 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)
  8. 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)
  9. 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)
  10. 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)
  11. 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)
  12. 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)
  13. 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

  1. 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)
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. 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)
  6. 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

  1. 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)
  2. Chew, L. W. (2019). Outdoor wind speed enhancement in residential precincts in tropical cities (PhD dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology). (PDF)
  3. 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)
  4. 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

  1. 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)
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. Chew, L. W. (2017). Passive enhancement of air flow at pedestrian level in built environments (MSc dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology). (PDF)
  6. Chew, L. W., Nazarian, N., & Norford, L. (2017). Pedestrian-level urban wind flow enhancement with wind catchers. Atmosphere, 8(9), 159. (PDF)
  7. 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

  1. 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)
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. 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)