Underground Parking Garage CFD Analysis
Computational simulations are proposed to investigate flow and CO concentration fields in the underground parking structure at a Hospital. This underground parking consists of three levels with a total area of 1,014,544 ft2 and has a capacity of 2,110 cars. The Client likes to optimize the CFM and the locations of exhausts and intakes in order to minimize CO accumulation within the parking area. With CFD data provided by us, the Client could evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed system by the inside flow patterns and a CO concentration distribution in the parking area for the proposed design configuration. After a review of the CFD results, the Client might try to modify the geometry/configuration for better performance of the ventilation system for the underground parking structure. The Client likes to evaluate the effects of those modifications using CFD analysis.
Original configuration of level one (B1)
Ramp area
Truck loading zone