DEVELOPMENT OF A NUMERICAL SIMULATION METHOD FOR PREDICTING AND EVALUATING THE MICROCLIMATE IN THE DEVELOPED URBAN LOCATIONS WITH EVAPORATIVE VOID-BRICK WALLS

Abstract

The present paper describes a coupled method of CFD and heat balance simulation for predicting and analyzing the microclimate in the developed urban locations where void-brick walls with evaporative cooling effect were applied. The heat balance simulation is performed using the 3D CAD-based thermal environment simulator developed by the authors’ group. A methodology of data transfer between the heat balance simulation and CFD simulation was proposed in this study. In order to present the usefulness of the proposed method, a case study was carried out for quantifying the microclimatic modifying effect of the void-brick wall applied to a rest station.