Description
Computational advances of the last decade have revolutionized the capacity of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to model and simulate the fluid dynamics of low velocity air movement for natural ventilation in buildings. These developments, along with significant advances in urban climate simulation, present architects with powerful tools to use in the schematic design phase. This book, by leading experts in CFD, is the first to bring all this cutting-edge knowledge to architects and architecture students in an accessible and digestible format. Chapters demonstrate how to design architectural performance with natural ventilation based on recent case studies from North America, Europe and Asia. The book explains and assesses the variety of commercial, propriety and open-source software tools that are available for common use in architectural practice and pedagogy, and presents sample CFD workflows for early-stage design. This is a comprehensive design guide on how to use CFD in architectural practice and education. It complements the authors’ other must-read book: Designing Spaces for Natural Ventilation.