System and method for fluid dynamics prediction with an enhanced potential flow model
US10157245B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 31, 2012 |
| Grant date | Dec 18, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 13, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2119/08
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for modeling airflow and temperature are disclosed. In one example, the method includes receiving input data related to a physical layout of a facility, dividing, by a computer, a representation of the facility into a plurality of grid cells, identifying where effects of at least one of jet airflow, thermal plumes and buoyancy forces are present in the facility based on the physical layout, specifying a velocity value, using a velocity correction method, for a first set of the plurality of grid cells if the effects of at least one of jet airflow and thermal plumes are present within the first set of the plurality of grid cells, calculating, by the computer, an airflow velocity value for each of a second set of the plurality of grid cells, the second set being different from the first set, modifying the determined airflow velocity value for any of the second set of the plurality of grid cells where the effects of buoyancy forces are present, and storing, on a storage device, the modified airflow values.
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