LODOS - Going from BIM to CFD via CAD and model abstraction

This paper looks at the challenge of performing Computational Fluid Dynamic simulations against models of real world environments and objects. The difficulty for these simulations is the effort required to render complex objects and environments, as well as the computational power required to solve...

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Main Authors: Porter, S., Tan, Tele, Wang, Xiangyu, Pareek, Vishnu
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70095
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author Porter, S.
Tan, Tele
Wang, Xiangyu
Pareek, Vishnu
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Wang, Xiangyu
Pareek, Vishnu
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description This paper looks at the challenge of performing Computational Fluid Dynamic simulations against models of real world environments and objects. The difficulty for these simulations is the effort required to render complex objects and environments, as well as the computational power required to solve them. To assist with the first problem, this paper presents a process for importing Building Information Models or 3D CAD models into ANSYS workbench, a popular CFD environment in industry. In order to address computational concerns, this paper also introduces and discusses a system, LODOS, designed to aid in importation and set-up of high complexity models by selectively reducing geometric complexity. This paper presents preliminary results from the use of this system to import two Building Information Models into ANSYS Workbench, showing the current strengths of the system, as well as discussing its current limitations.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-700952019-01-21T06:34:28Z LODOS - Going from BIM to CFD via CAD and model abstraction Porter, S. Tan, Tele Wang, Xiangyu Pareek, Vishnu This paper looks at the challenge of performing Computational Fluid Dynamic simulations against models of real world environments and objects. The difficulty for these simulations is the effort required to render complex objects and environments, as well as the computational power required to solve them. To assist with the first problem, this paper presents a process for importing Building Information Models or 3D CAD models into ANSYS workbench, a popular CFD environment in industry. In order to address computational concerns, this paper also introduces and discusses a system, LODOS, designed to aid in importation and set-up of high complexity models by selectively reducing geometric complexity. This paper presents preliminary results from the use of this system to import two Building Information Models into ANSYS Workbench, showing the current strengths of the system, as well as discussing its current limitations. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70095 10.1016/j.autcon.2018.06.001 Elsevier BV restricted
spellingShingle Porter, S.
Tan, Tele
Wang, Xiangyu
Pareek, Vishnu
LODOS - Going from BIM to CFD via CAD and model abstraction
title LODOS - Going from BIM to CFD via CAD and model abstraction
title_full LODOS - Going from BIM to CFD via CAD and model abstraction
title_fullStr LODOS - Going from BIM to CFD via CAD and model abstraction
title_full_unstemmed LODOS - Going from BIM to CFD via CAD and model abstraction
title_short LODOS - Going from BIM to CFD via CAD and model abstraction
title_sort lodos - going from bim to cfd via cad and model abstraction
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70095