Wind Environment 3D Simulation in Architecture
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ABEE4102 | Architecture and Built Environment | 4 | 20 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- ABEE4102
- School
- Architecture and Built Environment
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
Detailed and realistic 3D modelling and simulation of wind environment outside and inside buildings (e.g. wind speed, direction and pressure at any point) is extremely important for town planners, urban designers, architects and building engineers. It allows building professionals (e.g. planners/architects and engineers) to produce climate responsive site planning and sustainable/energy efficient building form/shape and thermally comfortable indoor building layout/design, both at individual buildings and urban scale.
This is a modelling, simulation and design module. It will examine wind environment in the context of architecture, human thermal comfort and ventilation heat loss/gain employing advanced 3D computer simulation techniques (using CFD software ANSYS, plus other supporting computer tools). It will address the processes of wind induced ventilation focusing on site and envelope flows and internal air movement, considering different wind speeds and directions. It will also address the effects of building shape and orientation and building components such as partition walls, windows and doors on outdoor and indoor ventilation design. Students will also gain valuable skills in design and modelling performance of wind towers/catchers and their integration into the building envelope and for the siting of urban wind turbines.
Target Students
Strictly, Postgraduate students only. MSc Renewable Energy and Architecture plus Postgraduate Taught Students in the Faculty of Engineering. Registration on a Postgraduate Taught Programme in the Faculty of Engineering. Registration and attendance of ABEE4101 - Passive Solar Design Principles and Simulation.
Co-requisites
Modules you must take in the same academic year, or have taken in a previous year, to enrol in this module:
Assessment
- 100% Coursework 1: Written report, based on ventilation design and computer simulations.
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
This module aims to provide students from architectural, engineering and relevant professional backgrounds with advanced knowledge and skills to perform 3D modelling of wind environments outside and inside buildings with simple and complex forms, using well known computer software to assess impact on building and site ventilation and indoor and outdoor human thermal comfort.Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
The behaviour of buildings employing computer simulation techniques that allow students to explore how building form and design interacts with local wind environment and influence occupant indoor and outdoor comfort and energy consumption.
Intellectual skills
Judgement and reasoning around the selection of appropriate systems/technologies for optimizing the wind environment in an urban setting and for individual building design
Professional/practical skills
Selecting, designing and evaluating wind-induced ventilation systems and integration into building and site layout
Transferable/key skills
Understanding and making decision regarding the selection of wind-induced ventilation systems and technology for a given application and location