The simplification of computer simulated persons (CSPs) in CFD models of occupied indoor spaces

Building and Environment

Volumn 93, Issue P2, 2015, Pages 155-164

  Li, Xiangdong ^a   Yan, Yihuan ^a   Tu, Jiyuan ^a,b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computer simulated persons (CSPs); Occupied indoor spaces; Predictive error; Simplification; The mesh decimating algorithm

Indexed keywords

AIR; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ERRORS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MESH GENERATION; THERMAL PLUMES;

COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; GEOMETRICAL FEATURES; INDOOR SPACE; ITERATIVE APPROACH; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PREDICTIVE ERROR; SIMPLIFICATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AIRFLOW; ALGORITHM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; INDOOR AIR;

EID: 84938067520     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.06.014     Document Type: Article

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