DEVELOPMENT OF VIRTUAL SIMULATION SYSTEM FOR HOUSING ENVIRONMENT : Examples of applying rapid prototype method

Abstract

We have been applying the fluid analysis to predict an indoor thermal environment and an outdoor air flow. In this report, we describes the development of a virtual simulation system for housing environment using the Rapid Prototype method. As a target of the development of this system, a number of days to simulate the environmental performance of an individual residence was set to a period less than three days subject to the condition that the relating CAD data is presently available.