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Indoor and Built Environment, Vol. 9, No. 6, 317-324 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X0000900603

A Simple Interface to Computational Fluid Dynamics Programs for Building Environment Simulations

Charles R. Broderick

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., USA

Qingyan Chen

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., USA

It is becoming a popular practice for architects and HVAC engineers to simulate airflow in and around buildings by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods in order to predict indoor and outdoor environment. However, many CFD programs are crippled by a historically poor and inefficient user interface system, particularly for users with little training in numerical simulation. This investigation endeavors to create a simplified CFD inter face (SCI) that allows architects and building engineers to use CFD without excessive training. The SCI can be easily integrated into new CFD programs.

Key Words: Computational fluid dynamics . User interfaces . Modeling . Airflow • indoor . Airflow • outdoor


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