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Western Kentucky UniversityTopSCHOLAR®Mammoth Cave Research Symposia 11th Research Symposium 2016Apr 20th, 10:35 AMUse of Multiphysics Simulation to ModelEnvironmental Conditions Associated with BatHibernacula Including Preliminary Indication ofImpacts on Saltpeter Vats in Mammoth CaveAaron BirdCD-adapco, wvcaveman@gmail.comRick OlsonScience and Resources Management Division, Mammoth Cave National ParkRick ToomeyMammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning, Mammoth Cave National Park, rick_toomey@nps.govAaron AddisonScholarly Services, Washington University in St. LouisRachel BoschCave Research FoundationFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/mc_reserch_sympPart of the Animal Sciences Commons, Forest Sciences Commons, Geology Commons,Hydrology Commons, Other Earth Sciences Commons, and the Plant Sciences CommonsThis is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in Mammoth Cave Research Symposia by anauthorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact todd.seguin@wku.edu.Recommended CitationAaron Bird, Rick Olson, Rick Toomey, Aaron Addison, and Rachel Bosch, "Use of Multiphysics Simulation to Model EnvironmentalConditions Associated with Bat Hibernacula Including Preliminary Indication of Impacts on Saltpeter Vats in Mammoth Cave" (April20, 2016). Mammoth Cave Research Symposia. Paper 5.http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/mc_reserch_symp/11th_Research_Symposium_2016/Day_three/5Proceedings for Celebrating the Diversity of Research in the Mammoth Cave Region: 11th Research Symposium at Mammoth Cave National Park. Editors: Shannon R. Trimboli, Luke E. Dodd, and De’Etra Young.162Use of Multiphysics Simulation to Model Environmental Conditions Associated with Bat Hibernacula including Preliminary Indication of Impacts on Saltpeter Vats in Mammoth CaveAaron Bird1, Rick Olson2, Rick Toomey3, Aaron Addison4, and Rachel Bosch51 CD-adapco2 Science and Resources Management Division, Mammoth Cave National Park 3 Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning, Mammoth Cave National Park4 Scholarly Services, Washington University in St. Louis5 Cave Research FoundationAbstractAs a historically and biologically significant feature, the Mammoth Cave System has seen many changes due to human activity that have resulted in known and unknown changes to environmental conditions present in the cave. While the historical and archaeological records reveal much about these changes, the actual environmental conditions present can be difficult to describe. In our work, multiphysics simulation is used to recreate environmental and physical conditions that may have existed before changes were made to the natural state of the cave system. In addition, simulation is used to predict what may happen if further changes are made to the system in the future. Using 3-dimensional laser-imaging detection and ranging data (LIDAR) as a geometric representation of the historic section of Mammoth Cave combined with computational fluid dynamics simulations, the current work serves to demonstrate the thermal and airflow conditions that would have been present in a former (now abandoned) bat-hibernation colony in the Vespertilio area near Audubon Avenue. The model is then extended as a preliminary indicator of the humidity and thermal impacts that maintenance of conditions conducive to bat hibernation may have on airflow patterns in and around historically significant saltpetre vats in the main section of the cave. 

Use of Multiphysics Simulation to Model Environmental Conditions Associated with Bat Hibernacula Including Preliminary Indication of Impacts on Saltpeter Vats in Mammoth Cave

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Use of Multiphysics Simulation to Model Environmental Conditions Associated with Bat Hibernacula Including Preliminary Indication of Impacts on Saltpeter Vats in Mammoth Cave

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