Thermal design tool for outdoor spaces based on heat balance simulation using a 3D-CAD system

Building and Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2112-2123

  Asawa, Takashi ^a   Hoyano, Akira ^b   Nakaohkubo, Kazuaki ^b  

^a A and A Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D CAD; Environmental design; Numerical simulation; Outdoor space; Surface temperature; Thermal environment

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; MESH GENERATION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SPECIFIC HEAT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOSTATS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3D-CAD; CAD SOFTWARES; CAD SYSTEMS; CALCULATION TIME; DESIGN TOOLS; DETACHED HOUSES; ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN; EVALUATION INDEXES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; HEAT BALANCES; INPUT DATA; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTIMAL MESH; OUTDOOR SPACE; PRACTICAL USE; PRE-PROCESSING METHOD; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; SIMULATION ALGORITHMS; SIMULATION MODELLING; SIMULATION TOOLS; SKY VIEW FACTOR; SPATIAL GEOMETRY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN SURFACES;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; HEAT BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 49149100112     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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