EAGER: Multi-scale material and dynamic thermo-fluid computational models and controls for sustainable buildings using efficient energy harvesting materials

该提案是作为一笔急切的赠款提交的；它寻求为美国-土耳其合作研究倡议提供资金。申请书的标题是，？使用高效能量收集材料的可持续建筑的多尺度材料和动态热流体计算模型和控制，？由爱荷华州立大学的Ulrike Passe提交。这项为期一年的拨款提议对位于土耳其的圆顶哈兰房屋进行全面的数字、分析和实验调查，目的是提高对这些圆顶结构如何通过被动手段改善舒适条件的基本了解。将在土耳其对其中一些家庭进行实验测量，这些数据将用于帮助开发计算流体动力学(CFD)模型。将开发降阶模型，以实施主动控制系统，并将相变材料(PCM)纳入建筑。这种美国和土耳其的合作可能会对中东和美国西南部炎热干旱气候的建筑设计产生革命性的影响，从而通过动态BIM为可持续高性能建筑的工程提供变革性的知识。PIs还提出了一系列外展活动，包括本科生、社区大学生和高中生。

The proposal was submitted as an EAGER grant; it seeks funding for a US-Turkey Collaborative research initiative. The application was entitled, ? Multi-scale material and dynamic thermo-fluid computational models and controls for sustainable buildings using efficient energy harvesting materials,? submitted by Ulrike Passe from Iowa State University. This one-year grant proposes a comprehensive numerical, analytical, and experimental investigation of the domed Harran houses located in Turkey, with the goal of improving fundamental understanding of how these domed structures lead to improved comfort conditions through passive means. Experimental measurements will be carried out in Turkey on some of these homes, and these data will be used to help develop a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model. Reduced-order models will be developed in order to implement a proactive control system, and phase-change materials (PCMs) will be incorporated into the building. This US-Turkey collaborative effort could potentially have a transformative impact on building design in hot arid climates of the Middle East and southwestern US, thus contributing transformative knowledge to engineering of sustainable high performance buildings through dynamic BIM. The PIs also propose an array of outreach activities, including undergraduate students, community college students, and high school students.