066-0423-00L Application of CFD in Buildings
Semester | Autumn Semester 2017 |
Lecturers | D. Lakehal |
Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
Language of instruction | English |
Comment | Limited number of participants. Enrolment is only possible in agreement with the chair. |
Abstract | Fundamentals, Applications and Project works in the area of CFD in buildings. |
Objective | Understanding: - Basic principles of fluid flow & heat transfer - Basic concepts of CFD - Validation and verification, practical guidelines Application and project works of CFD in buildings including the fields of: - Building aerodynamics - Steady vs. unsteady wind loads on urban structures - Air pollution and contaminant dispersion - Indoor ventilation - CFD for renewable energy in the urban physics: Wind loads on roof-mounted solar photovoltaic arrays, coupled solar-wind energy generation applications, etc. |
Content | I. Fundamentals - Basic principles of fluid flow & heat transfer - Laminar versus turbulent flow - Forced vs. natural convection - Basic concepts of CFD (Discretization, schemes, etc.) - Turbulence modelling - Near-wall treatment - Validation and verification, practical guidelines II. Applications CFD for: - Building aerodynamics - Steady vs. unsteady wind loads on urban structures - Air pollution and contaminant dispersion - Indoor ventilation - CFD for renewable energy in the urban physics: Wind loads on roof-mounted solar photovoltaic arrays, coupled solar-wind energy generation applications, etc. III. Project work - Geometry and grid generation (from CAD to domain meshing) - Exp. wind engineering - Boundary conditions, solver settings and solution - Data Post-processing - Validation and error estimation - Hands-on-Training - Presentation |
Lecture notes | Material will be sent to the students before the start of the course. |
Literature | We will update the material in due time. |