Urban Housing Aerodynamics: A CFD Simulation — Ep 01
Urban Housing Aerodynamics: A CFD Simulation
- Lesson
- 01
- Run Time
- 19m 13s
- Published
- Oct 17, 2026
- Category
- Aerodynamics & Aerospace
- Course Progress
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About This Lesson
- In the urban housing aerodynamics project, investigates the effect of building spacing on cross-ventilation performance in an urban housing layout using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).
- Numerical simulations were carried out in ANSYS Fluent based on a reference study comparing steady RANS, LES, and wind tunnel experiments.
- Three geometric cases were modeled, varying the distance between adjacent buildings (100 mm, 200 mm, and 300 mm), and meshed with high-quality tetrahedral elements.
- A k-ε turbulence model with a velocity inlet profile was applied to replicate realistic wind conditions.
- The results show that increasing the distance between buildings enhances airflow into the central house due to greater pressure differentials, leading to improved ventilation efficiency.