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Procedural modeling buildings for finite element method simulation

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Title: Procedural modeling buildings for finite element method simulation
Authors: Besuievsky Gkikberg, Gonzalo, García Nevado, Elena, Patow, Gustavo Ariel, Beckers, Benoit
Contributors: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Tecnologia de l'Arquitectura, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. AIEM - Arquitectura, energia i medi ambient
Publisher Information: Institute of Physics (IOP)
Publication Year: 2021
Collection: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, BarcelonaTech: UPCommons - Global access to UPC knowledge
Subject Terms: Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física, Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Arquitectura, Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Edificació, Finite element method, Building -- Computer simulation, Elements finits, Mètode dels, Construcció -- Simulació per ordinador
Description: Finite element methods for heat simulation at urban scale require mesh-volume models, where the meshing process requires a special attention in order to satisfy FEM requirements. In this paper we propose a procedural volume modeling approach for automatic creation of mesh-volume buildings, which are suitable for FEM simulations at urban scale. We develop a basic rule-set library and a building generation procedure that guarantee conforming meshes. In this way, urban models can be easily built for energy analysis. Our test-case shows a street created with building prototypes that fulfill all the requirements for being loaded in a FEM numerical platform such as Cast3M (www-cast3m.cea.fr). ; Postprint (published version)
Document Type: article in journal/newspaper
File Description: application/pdf
Language: English
Relation: https://hdl.handle.net/2117/362629
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012074
Availability: https://hdl.handle.net/2117/362629
https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012074
Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ ; Open Access ; Attribution 3.0 Spain
Accession Number: edsbas.BEF86AF1
Database: BASE
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