Course Details
Computer modeling 2
Academic Year 2025/26
NTA041 course is part of 1 study plan
NPC-EVB Winter Semester 2nd year
The course is focused on numerical modeling and computer simulations of heat and mass transfer in buildings and elements of building energy systems. Students will learn the basics of CFD simulations and heat transfer simulations in buildings.
Credits
4 credits
Language of instruction
Czech
Semester
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
Entry Knowledge
Knowledge of physical laws in terms of heat and substance transfer. Basic knowledge of numerical methods. Knowledge of heating, ventilation and cooling systems of buildings. Knowledge of indoor climate of building theory and computer modeling I.
Aims
- Professional Knowledge: The student understands the theoretical principles of transient heat transfer involving phase change materials (PCM), radiant indoor climate modeling, and the mathematical fundamentals of CFD fluid dynamics.
- Professional Skills: The student can set up and execute CFD software simulations for laminar and turbulent flows, natural convection, and indoor thermal comfort.
- Professional Competences: The student is qualified to critically evaluate and interpret numerical simulation results to design and optimize building services engineering concepts and indoor environmental quality.
Basic Literature
INCROPERA, Frank P., David P. DEWITH, Theodore L. BERGMANN a Lavine ADRIENNE S., 2007. Introduction to heat transfer. 5th ed. Danvers: John Wiley, 901 s. ISBN 978-0-471-45727-5. (en)
VERSTEEG, H a W MALALASEKERA, 2007. An introduction to computational fluid dynamics: the finite volume method. 2nd ed. Harlow: Pearson Prentice Hall, xii, 503 s. ISBN 978-0-13-127498-3. (cs)
ČSN EN ISO 10211-1, 2009. Tepelné mosty ve stavebních konstrukcích - Tepelné toky a povrchové teploty: Podrobné výpočty. Praha: ČNI. (cs)
ŠIKULA, Ondřej, 2009. Manuál k softwaru CalA. Brno: Tribun EU. ISBN 978-80-7399-879-0. (cs)
2021 ASHRAE Handbook -- Fundamentals (SI), 2021. Atlanta: ASHRAE. ISBN 978-1-947192-90-4. (en)
KRAJČÍK, Michal a Ondřej ŠIKULA, 2020. Heat storage efficiency and effective thermal output: Indicators of thermal response and output of radiant heating and cooling systems: Indicators of thermal response and output of radiant heating and cooling systems. Energy and Buildings. 229, 110524. ISSN 0378-7788. Dostupné z: doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110524 (en)
Recommended Reading
Prerequisites
Knowledge of physical laws in terms of heat and substance transfer. Basic knowledge of numerical methods. Knowledge of heating, ventilation and cooling systems of buildings. Knowledge of indoor climate of building theory and computer modeling I.
Offered to foreign students
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 1 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
Schedule:
- 1. Modeling and simulation of time-unchanged heat sharing for substance changes (PCM).
- 2. Modeling the radiant component of indoor building climate.
- 3. CFD Modeling and Simulation - Introduction.
- 4. CFD Modeling and Simulation - Theory 1.
- 5. CFD Modeling and Simulation - Theory 2.
- 6. CFD Simulation - Software Applications 1.
- 7. CFD Simulation - Software Applications 2.
- 8. CFD Simulation - Software Applications 3.
- 9. Current Topics in CFD Modeling and Simulation 1.
- 10. Current topics in CFD Modeling and Simulation 2.
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
Schedule:
- 1. Modeling and simulation of time-unchanged heat sharing for substance changes (PCM).
- 2. Modeling the radiant component of indoor building climate.
- 3. CFD simulation of laminar fluid flow in the pipeline - diffuser.
- 4. CFD simulation of turbulent fluid flow in the pipeline - knee.
- 5. CFD simulation of airflow in an induction unit.
- 6. CFD simulation of wind pressure on a building.
- 7. CFD simulation of natural convection.
- 8. CFD Simulation of Room Thermal Comfort I.
- 9. CFD simulation of Room Thermal Comfort II.
- 10.CFD simulation of Room Thermal Comfort III