September 1999 - January 2001
Principal investigators: Qingyan Chen
Research Assistant: Camille Allocca
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Single-sided natural ventilation in a building
A challenge of natural ventilation design is to control the mechanisms of wind and temperature in order to develop the required indoor environment conditions. This study focuses specifically on the principles of single-sided ventilation design using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques. Simulations are performed under various wind and temperature conditions. Theoretical and empirical models as well as experimental measurements are applied in order validate the CFD model. This investigation will provide the trends necessary to develop a set of design criteria for natural ventilation.