Abstract
The basics of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) are presented to allow the practicing biological safety professional to have a preliminary understanding of the use of CFD for airflow analysis and contaminant tracking. A discussion of result interpretation is provided to assist in communicating with the applied CFD engineer. Results from two actual buildings, a Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) facility and a hospital, provide examples of post-processed CFD data. An overview of the general costs associated with a CFD business unit is provided to facilitate budgeting. Next, a discussion of the ways CFD can add value to a design is provided. Finally, a short list of information required to model a generic space is provided to facilitate project initialization.