Campus Units
Architecture, Mechanical Engineering
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Conference
2016 Proceedings of the Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design
Publication Version
Published Version
Link to Published Version
http://www.simaud.org/proceedings/
Publication Date
5-16-2016
Volume
Session 1
First Page
59
Last Page
66
Conference Title
2016 Proceedings of the Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design
Conference Date
May 16-18, 2016
City
London, United Kingdom
Abstract
This paper investigates the impact of spatial composition on the effectiveness of passive cooling by natural ventilation in a comparative study of the conical roofed Harran houses in Turkey and a passive solar home in the Midwest of the United States. While the projects are distinct and are situated in two extreme climate zones (hot and arid and continental humid) both projects have in common open variable configurations of multiple interconnected spaces. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations using OpenFoam were used to investigate the fundamental airflow characteristics and the resulting interior temperature and velocity profiles. The simulations were initialized as well as validated with measured field data. Subsequently, we tested the impact of the interconnected spatial composition of the buildings on their cooling potentials. This was accomplished by simulating variations of the spatial connections with reduced flow path connectivity compared to the original validated cases. Preliminary results regarding changes in temperature and air velocity show higher temperatures and lower velocities in the less connected cell-like spaces and indicate the importance of spatial connectivity for effective cooling by natural ventilation based on variable interaction of vents and flow path.
Copyright Owner
Society for Modeling & Simulation International (SCS)
Copyright Date
2016
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Passe, Ulrike; Ganapathysubramanian, Baskar; He, Shan; Vansice, Kyle; and Xu, Songzhe, "An Integrated Experimental-Computational Investigation of Connected Spaces as Natural Ventilation Typologies" (2016). Architecture Conference Proceedings and Presentations. 133.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/arch_conf/133
Included in
Acoustics, Dynamics, and Controls Commons, Architectural Engineering Commons, Architectural Technology Commons, Construction Engineering Commons, Energy Systems Commons, Environmental Design Commons, Heat Transfer, Combustion Commons
Comments
This conference proceeding is published as Ulrike Passe, Mirka Deza, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Shan He, Kyle Vansice, Songzhe Xu2, An Integrated Experimental-Computational Investigation of Connected Spaces as Natural Ventilation Typologies. at the 2016 Proceedings of the Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design. London United Kingdom, May 16-18, 2016; Session 1; 59-66. Posted with permission.