In:
Applied Sciences, MDPI AG, Vol. 10, No. 16 ( 2020-08-05), p. 5425-
Abstract:
Numerical analysis, especially the finite volume method (FVM), is one of the primary approaches employed when evaluating a building environment. A complicated geometry can degrade the mesh quality, leading to numerical diffusions and errors. Thus, this study develops and evaluates an automatic building geometry simplification method based on integrating similar surfaces for the geometry of an indoor space. A regression model showed that the complexity of the simplified geometry and its similarity to the original geometry decreased linearly with the threshold of the method. The mesh quality was significantly improved by the simplification. In particular, the maximum skewness decreased exponentially with the threshold of the method. It is expected that the simplification method and regression model presented in this study can be used to quantitatively control the mesh quality.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2076-3417
Language:
English
Publisher:
MDPI AG
Publication Date:
2020
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2704225-X
