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<div><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font face="Arial">IES VE's macroflo module may be useful here. If you go to Macroflo/Macroflo opening types/Exposure types, you may find that there are couple of scenarios pre-defined. They are sort of simplified way to estimate the impact from surrounding buildings. Other than that, I doubt IES VE thermal calculation modules can trace the real 3D model and generate very accurate wind flow pattern accordingly. You know what, sometimes, when field measurements or wind tunnel test are not possible, we will run CFD twice. The first simulation will focus on the external CFD analysis with respect to the designed building and its surroundings (include adjacent buildings). The results from the first one will be a good reference for the second round of internal CFD analysis. </font></font></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Arpan Bakshi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arpanbakshi@gmail.com" target="_blank">arpanbakshi@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi Cheney,</div>
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<div>Thank you for your contribution. In your experience with using IES for airflow calculations, have you found that the boundary condition supplied by ApacheSim to MicroFlo accounts for any adjacent buildings modeled, or does it ignore them and use supplied weather data instead for wind conditions?</div>
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<div>Thanks_<br><br></div>
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