A study on the Development of Vertical Air Temperature Distribution Model in Atrium

아트리움의 수직온도 분포해석 프로그램의 개발에 관한 연구

  • Kim, Y.I. (Ji-woo Engineers) ;
  • Cho, K.H. (Dept. of Architectural Engineering, The University of Suwon) ;
  • Kim, K.W. (Dept. of Architecture, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 1997.09.30

Abstract

Recently the construction of atrium buildings has increased but along with it many problems in thermal environment have arised. since the exterior wall of glass, indoor temperature is greatly influenced by weather conditions and since the space volume is very large, the vertical air temperature is not uniform. So, in this study, a Vertical Temperature Distribution Model was developed to predict the vertical air temperature of an atrium and evaluate the effects of the design parameters on the air temperature distribution of an atrium. To consider the characteristics of the vertical air temperature distribution in an atrium, the Satosh Togari's Macroscopic Model was used basically for the calculation of the vertical air temperature distribution in large space and the solar radiation analysis model and natural ventilation analysis model in atrium. And to calculate the unsteady-state inside wall surface temperature(boundary condition), the finite difference method was used. For the verification of the developed temperature distribution program, numerical evaluation of air flow by the ${\kappa}-{\varepsilon}$ turbulence model and in-situ test was conducted in parallel. The results of this study, the developed temperature distribution program was seen to predict the thermal condition of the atrium very accurately.

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