<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Iranians used wind catchers to achieve harmony between a structure and the environment and guarantee the environmental comfort of the indoor areas. Wind catchers were the symbols of Persian architecture and with introduction of modern technologies, these traditional elements became obsolete. Rapid population and traffic lead to use underground spaces in cities. This paper proves the ability of wind-catchers to provide natural ventilation in underground spaces based on climatic parameters. Simulation was conducted in complete computational fluid dynamics package to simulate wind in underground space. Results demonstrate that in specific climate condition, wind-catchers could provide natural ventilation for underground space.</p></abstract>

Iranians used wind catchers to achieve harmony between a structure and the environment and guarantee the environmental comfort of the indoor areas. Wind catchers were the symbols of Persian architecture and with introduction of modern technologies, these traditional elements became obsolete. Rapid population and traffic lead to use underground spaces in cities. This paper proves the ability of wind-catchers to provide natural ventilation in underground spaces based on climatic parameters. Simulation was conducted in complete computational fluid dynamics package to simulate wind in underground space. Results demonstrate that in specific climate condition, wind-catchers could provide natural ventilation for underground space.

Climatic Design Principles of Underground Spaces Using CFD Simulation

Faculty of Architectural Engineering and Urbanism

Department of Architecture, Mashhad Branch

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Iranians used wind catchers to achieve harmony between a structure and the environment and guarantee the environmental comfort of the indoor areas. Wind...

Climatic Design Principles of Underground Spaces Using CFD Simulation

Data publikacji: 16 gru 2020

Zakres stron: 340 - 350

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cee-2020-0034

Słowa kluczowe
Climatic design, Underground spaces, Computational Fluid Dynamics CFD, Wind catcher, Iran

© 2020 Elham Sanagar Darbani et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Climatic Design Principles of Underground Spaces Using CFD Simulation

Data publikacji: 16 gru 2020

Zakres stron: 340 - 350

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cee-2020-0034

Słowa kluczoweClimatic design, Underground spaces, Computational Fluid Dynamics CFD, Wind catcher, Iran

© 2020 Elham Sanagar Darbani et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
Climatic design, Underground spaces, Computational Fluid Dynamics CFD, Wind catcher, Iran