Computational fluid dynamics modeling of a bounded domain
US8744812B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 27, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jun 3, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 9, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2113/08
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A hybrid computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach for modeling a bounded domain, such as a data center, is disclosed. The CFD modeling approach divides the bounded domain into one or more viscous regions and one or more inviscid regions, and then performs a viscous domain solve for the viscous region(s) using a computational fluid dynamics model with turbulence equations (i.e., a turbulence model), and performs inviscid domain solve for the inviscid region(s) using a set of inviscid equations (or potential flow equations). After solving for the different regions, results of the viscous domain solve and the inviscid domain solve are provided as a model of the bounded domain.
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