Mitchell, D orcid.org/0000-0002-0200-8327 (2023) Simulating the built environment for another globally distributed species. In: Proceedings of BSO Conference 2022: 6th Conference of IBPSA-England. 6th Conference of IBPSA-England, 13-14 Dec 2022, Bath. IBPSA
Abstract
Simulating the built environment for a globally
distributed and diverse species e.g. to cope with climate
change, has particular challenges. These are explored
here using honey bees (Apis Mellifera L), a vital
pollinator of food crops worldwide, consisting of 24
subspecies that maintain close temperature and humidity
control in a self-constructed or partly human constructed
built environment. Honey bee thermofluid characteristics
and their requirements of the structure are largely
unknown.
To address this an open source i.e. FreeCAD (Riegel and
Mayer, 2019) and OpenFOAM (Jasak, Jemcov and
Tukovic, 2007), computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
conjugate heat model was developed.
Results from the model demonstrate the power of CFD
in investigating the interactions with their built
environment of another species by showing significant
variation in convection flow with different honey bee
sub-species in differing distributions within the nest.
Metadata
Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Authors/Creators: |
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Keywords: | Apis mellifera, validated model, performance data, occupancy modelling and assumptions |
Dates: |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mechanical Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 Mar 2023 15:23 |
Last Modified: | 16 Mar 2023 15:23 |
Published Version: | https://www.bath.ac.uk/publications/full-papers-bs... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | IBPSA |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:197252 |