Real time dynamic simulation of in and outdoor flows

Assessment of external spaces is of primary importance due to the close interaction between, and use by, people of both internal and external spaces. A semi-external space may be defined as a buffer zone placed between these two spaces. This buffer zone allows the human body to embrace external ambient conditions before being fully exposed to them. A semi-external or external space can provide in many cases an extension of the internal areas within a building where activities can be carried out in a comfortable environment.

The project will combine novel hardware with modern numerical methods to enable real-time simulations of flows for assessment of comfort in an external micro-climate subject to time varying external variables. An existing implementation of the Lattice-Boltzmann method (LBM) for graphical processing units (GPU) will be augmented by a parallel-in-time integration algorithm.

The project offers opportunities for both fundamental algorithmic developments, software development in CUDA and C++ as well as working on an important application of computational engineering. You will be trained in the physics and modelling of flows, in programming GPUs using C++ and CUDA and in modern numerical algorithms.