Abstract—East African countries are growing rapidly which significantly affect cities’ climate. Such modifications negatively affect environment and inhabitant safety and comfort. Proper urban atmospheric planning and management are therefore key to making cities environmentally friendly and sustainable. Djibouti, in particularly, there is a need to integrate wind flow into the building design and to introduce the bioclimatic conception while improving the comfort of building occupants. Therefore, integration wind in building design known as a passive design strategy in buildings is one of the innovative techniques in modern building to reduce operation costs and energy consumption. This work provides an overview of the potential use of natural ventilation for free cooling applications and aerothermal analysis, by using the CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) applied on the building, for a local and sustainable development in Djibouti.
 

Index Terms—Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), airflow, simulation, natural ventilation, bioclimatic design, weather data, energy efficiency

Cite: O. Abdou Idris, I. Abdoulkader Ibrahim, D. Mohamed Said, K. Abdourazak Ahmed, and D. Omar Assowe, "Integration of Wind Flow into the Bioclimatic Design in Djibouti," International Journal of Structural and Civil Engineering Research, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 87-92, May 2016. doi: 10.18178/ijscer.5.2.87-92