Journal
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app11031252
Keywords
Computational Fluid Dynamics; Building Information Modeling; geometry simplification; grid optimization; model design
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- Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement (KAIA) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport [20CTAP-C152000-02]
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korea government (MSIT) [2020R1C1C1011268]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2020R1C1C1011268] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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This paper proposes a design process for optimized building CFD model based on BIM, showing significant improvement in grid quality and simulation accuracy, with relative error rates below 5% in all conditions.
This paper proposes the design process of optimized building Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model based on Building Information Modelling (BIM). The proposed method consists of five-step processes: BIM data extraction, geometry simplification, grid optimization, attribute data matching, and finally, exporting a CFD case folder for OpenFOAM. Validation is performed to evaluate the improvement of the grid model and the accuracy of the simulation result. Validation is conducted for four indoor ventilation models. The number of grids increased or decreased, according to the optimization method, but did not change significantly. On the other hand, the maximum non-orthogonality improved by up to 20.78%, according to the optimization function. This proves that it is sufficiently effective in improving the grid quality. The accuracy of the proposed method is evaluated by relative error rate with the ANSYS simulation result. The error rates for flow and temperature are evaluated. The relative error rate is less than 5% under all conditions. Therefore, the accuracy of the proposed method is verified.
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