TY - GEN
T1 - Simulating Invisible Light
T2 - 11th Annual Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design, SimAUD 2020
AU - Aviv, Dorit
AU - Hou, Miaomiao
AU - Teitelbaum, Eric
AU - Guo, Hongshan
AU - Meggers, Forrest
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Society for Modeling & Simulation International (SCS)
PY - 2020/5/25
Y1 - 2020/5/25
N2 - Thermal radiation, being the infrared spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, shares many characteristics with visible light, and thus is highly dependent on surface geometry. Much research effort has been dedicated to characterizing the behavior of visible light in the built environment and its impact on the human experience of space. However, longwave infrared radiation’s effect on the human perception of heat within the indoor environment is still not well characterized or understood within the design community. In order to make legible the embodied effect of radiant surfaces’ geometry and configuration, we have developed a Mean Radiant Temperature simulation tool which is based on a raytracing technique and accounts for the detailed geometry of the human body and its surrounding environment. This paper is meant to provide an overview of the geometric characteristics of radiant heat transfer with a dual purpose: 1. the integration of these principles into a Mean Radiant Temperature simulation technique in order to better characterize radiant energy exchanges and 2. the development of architectural design strategies based on these principles, which are tested in a case-study prototype. The MRT simulation method and results for the experiment are discussed.
AB - Thermal radiation, being the infrared spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, shares many characteristics with visible light, and thus is highly dependent on surface geometry. Much research effort has been dedicated to characterizing the behavior of visible light in the built environment and its impact on the human experience of space. However, longwave infrared radiation’s effect on the human perception of heat within the indoor environment is still not well characterized or understood within the design community. In order to make legible the embodied effect of radiant surfaces’ geometry and configuration, we have developed a Mean Radiant Temperature simulation tool which is based on a raytracing technique and accounts for the detailed geometry of the human body and its surrounding environment. This paper is meant to provide an overview of the geometric characteristics of radiant heat transfer with a dual purpose: 1. the integration of these principles into a Mean Radiant Temperature simulation technique in order to better characterize radiant energy exchanges and 2. the development of architectural design strategies based on these principles, which are tested in a case-study prototype. The MRT simulation method and results for the experiment are discussed.
KW - Author Keywords Longwave Radiation
KW - Mean Radiant Temperature
KW - Raytracing
KW - View Factor
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M3 - Conference contribution
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T3 - SimAUD 2020: Proceedings of the 11th Annual Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design
BT - SimAUD 2020
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Y2 - 25 May 2020 through 27 May 2020
ER -