Category: AEC
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Validating Passive Ventilation in Building Design with Fluid Flow Simulation
Passive ventilation is becoming increasingly popular in building design. But how can you validate your design decisions and accurately predict the thermal comfort and indoor air quality? Carrying out a fluid flow analysis might be the answer.
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CFD Simulation for Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC)
CFD holds great promise for the AEC industry, enabling engineers to optimize the performance of buildings—download the infographic to learn more!
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How to Reduce Data Center Power Consumption With CFD
In 2016, global data centers used roughly 3% of the total electricity, and this consumption is expected to double every four years. This trend is a cause for concern, and reducing data center power consumption is becoming one of the most pressing issues for data center operators and engineers to address.
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Pedestrian Wind Comfort Validation: SimScale CFD vs. Wind Tunnel Experiments
CFD simulations are widely used for the prediction and assessment of pedestrian wind comfort and building aerodynamics. But to have full confidence in the results, extensive verification and validation are necessary. We used experimental data from the AIJ to validate the wind analysis data gained from SimScale.
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Green Building Design: How to Obtain LEED Certification with CFD
CFD simulation can be highly beneficial for green building design projects and LEED certification, where sustainable design, optimized energy performance, and air comfort play a crucial role. Read this article to learn more.
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How To Comply With EN 15251 and EPBD – Thermal Comfort & More
The indoor environment of any building determines the health, productivity, and comfort of its occupants, making thermal comfort a critical factor in HVAC design. Complying with different thermal comfort standards such as EN 15251 and with the EPBD has become a lot easier since the emergence CFD simulation technology.
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AC Design: Improving Thermal Comfort and Indoor Climate with CFD
Diverse building codes and strict sustainability and energy efficiency requirements are driving the need for new innovative ventilation and AC design strategies. Learn how CFD simulation can help you ensure a thermally comfortable indoor climate.
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HMA Students Test their Wood Bridge Building Skills with FEA on SimScale
Learn how Marc Wheeler's Principles of Engineering class used FEA with SimScale to simulate loads on a small-scale balsa wood bridge that they designed and built.
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Garage Ventilation System Design: CO Removal with Jet Fan Placement
A well-designed garage ventilation system needs to remove harmful vehicle emissions while providing fresh air. Learn how CFD simulation can help you ensure the health and safety of garage occupants.
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How to Design a Data Center Cooling System for ASHRAE 90.4
Data centers are energy-hungry infrastructures, operating around the clock. It is, therefore, critical to ensure their energy efficiency and comply with different standards—in this case, ASHRAE 90.4. Learn how CFD can help in this article.
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SimScale is Becoming the New Go-To Software in AEC Industry
Engineering simulation has become a hot topic in the AEC industry. Learn why the largest AEC companies in the world, including WSP and ARUP, became SimScale customers.
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Natural Ventilation Validation with CFD Software in the Cloud
Learn how to validate natural ventilation for a building and reduce the costs of mechanical ventilation. Free on-demand training by SimScale.
