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This book introduces readers to the fundamentals of simulating and analyzing built and natural environments using the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method. CFD offers a powerful tool for dealing with various scientific and engineering problems and is widely used in diverse industries. This book focuses on the most important aspects of applying CFD to the study of urban, buildings, and indoor and outdoor environments. Following the logical procedure used to prepare a CFD simulation, the book covers e.g. the governing equations, boundary conditions, numerical methods, modeling of different fluid flows, and various turbulence models. Furthermore, it demonstrates how CFD can be applied to solve a range of engineering problems, providing detailed hands-on exercises on air and water flow, heat transfer, and pollution dispersion problems that typically arise in the study of buildings and environments. The book also includes practical guidance on analyzing and reporting CFD results, as well as writing CFD reports/papers. 

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Dr. Zhai is a full professor of Architectural Engineering at University of Colorado at Boulder (UCB). He received his PhD in Fluid Mechanics from Tsinghua University (China) and PhD in Building Technology from MIT (USA). Dr. Zhai is a Fellow of IBPSA (The International Building Performance Simulation Association) and ISIAQ (The International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate) and an active member of ASHRAE (The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers). He serves as an Associate Editor for Energy and Buildings Journal, and serves on the Editorial Boards of Building Simulation International Journal, Indoor and Built Environment, etc. He has received numerous distinctions, including the Young Researcher Award (2007) and the Research Development Award (2010) from UCB-CEAE, as well as the University Sustainability Award of Green Faculty (2008). Dr. Zhai was granted the Best Paper Awards by International Journal of Building Simulation in 2008 and 2018.  He received the William Mong Visiting Research Fellowship in Engineering from The University of Hong Kong in 2009 and the Japan JSPS Fellowship in 2018. He was selected as a Distinguished Lecturer by ASHRAE in 2014 and was awarded the “Changjiang Scholar” Chair Professor by the Ministry of Education of China in 2015. Dr. Zhai has been teaching the course “CFD Analysis for Built and Natural Environments” at UCB for over 15 years. 

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