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The Numerical Diffusion Effect on the CFD Simulation Accuracy of Velocity and Temperature Field for the Application of Sustainable Architecture Methodology

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  • Vladimíra Michalcová

    (Department of Structural Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, VSB—Technical University of Ostrava, Ludvíka Podéště 1875/17, 708 33 Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic)

  • Kamila Kotrasová

    (Institute of Structural Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, The Technical University of Košice, Vysokoškolská 4, 042 00 Košice, Slovakia)

Abstract

Numerical simulation of fluid flow and heat or mass transfer phenomenon requires numerical solution of Navier–Stokes and energy-conservation equations, together with the continuity equation. The basic problem of solving general transport equations by the Finite Volume Method (FVM) is the exact calculation of the transport quantity. Numerical or false diffusion is a phenomenon of inserting errors in calculations that threaten the accuracy of the computational solution. The paper compares the physical accuracy of the calculation in the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code in Ansys Fluent using the offered discretization calculation schemes, methods of solving the gradients of the transport quantity on the cell walls, and the influence of the mesh type. The paper offers possibilities on how to reduce numerical errors. In the calculation area, the sharp boundary of two areas with different temperatures is created in the flow direction. The three-dimensional (3D) stationary flow of the fictitious gas is simulated using FVM so that only advective transfer, in terms of momentum and heat, arises. The subject of the study is to determine the level of numerical diffusion (temperature field scattering) and to evaluate the values of the transport quantity (temperature), which are outside the range of specified boundary conditions at variously set calculation parameters.

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  • Vladimíra Michalcová & Kamila Kotrasová, 2020. "The Numerical Diffusion Effect on the CFD Simulation Accuracy of Velocity and Temperature Field for the Application of Sustainable Architecture Methodology," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(23), pages 1-19, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:23:p:10173-:d:457441
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    1. Wenzhou Zhong & Tong Zhang & Tetsuro Tamura, 2019. "CFD Simulation of Convective Heat Transfer on Vernacular Sustainable Architecture: Validation and Application of Methodology," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(15), pages 1-18, August.
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