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  • Verton – Calculating Wind Loads on Lifting Operations

    The Challenge In crane lifting operations, load management is a constant challenge. Getting the orientation and position of a load just right is no simple task, and in windy conditions is a direct hazard causing lengthy and expensive delays. Verton developed the world’s first remote-controlled load-management system to address these challenges. Verton serves a diverse…

  • Thornton Tomasetti – Building a Digital Wind Tunnel App

    The Challenge Thornton Tomasetti started innovating years ago within their CORE Studio R&D Department by developing in-house tooling suited for smooth and easy workflows for architects and designers. While this was a big step forward, there was still potential in making CFD easier to set up and more robust, and with managing compute resources and…

  • Zaha Hadid Architects – Assessing Climate Impacts on Design

    The Challenge OPPO, a telecom company based in Shenzhen, China selected Zaha Hadid Architects’ proposal for their headquarters’ design. The building is 200 meters tall and 185,000 square meters so required much in the way of internal and external analysis. The building is to serve as offices for OPPO but also as a public space…

  • Smartlouvre Technology – Validating MicroLouvre Performance

    The Initial Challenge for Smartlouvre Technology Ltd. The Smartlouvre MicroLouvre ™ is a woven fabric /mesh of paper-thin bronze louvres used to enhance the performance of any glazing or building facade. It is commonly attached to external windows and acts as a natural ventilation and solar shading device. This meant that it was difficult to…

  • Architype – Validating Classroom HVAC Against Passivhaus

    The Challenge The challenge that brought Architype to SimScale involved assessing the heating and ventilation strategy of a classroom in a typical Passivhaus school during winter conditions. Passivhaus buildings are known to have strict environmental and energy performance criteria to meet, and it’s these requirements which push designers to consider the impact of building physics…

  • EPRO Engineering – Cloud-Based Simulation for CO Removal

    The Challenge For EPRO ENGINEERING In enclosed spaces such as parking garages, the fumes from the cars entering, exiting, and driving through the facility can potentially build up to toxic levels. When coupled with an inadequate ventilation system, these gases can cause harmful side-effects, even in low quantities, to people that utilize the space. In…

  • Greenlite Building Physics – Raising Natural Ventilation Accuracy

    The Challenge The challenge that brought Greenlite Building Physics to SimScale involved assessing the overheating strategy of a student accommodation building in a city center location in the UK. Greenlite were responsible for conducting thermal modelling simulations for building regulations and compliance purposes, and to address the risk of summertime overheating in building. The former…

  • ATAG – Accelerating Flue Gas Heat Recovery Design

    THE CHALLENGE Normally small boilers are on-demand heating, so they use flue gasses to preheat water coming in, which in turn can improve efficiencies from 83% up to 98% when in use for things such as taking a shower. During a cost-saving project for their I-series boiler system, ATAG noticed a shift in acoustic performance…

  • Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture – Cutting Wind Loads 35%

    The Challenge Among the firm’s projects are high-performance designs for high-rise buildings, where the building form can drastically shape the overall project sustainability. Transient vertical velocity contour through the building notches. This timeline made working with external simulation consultants difficult, as turnaround times often required several weeks, leaving no room for design iterations. AS+GG needed…

  • Fessmann – Validating HVAC Design with CFD

    THE DESIGN CHALLENGE Fessmann decided to incorporate CAE into their design process as they embarked on an exciting unique project; developing a new food plant series. The engineers at Fessmann had previously relied on purely empirical approaches, and tried and tested methods of development, production, and construction of their plants. For this new project, they…

  • Paris HVAC – Designing a Safe Fume Hood Ventilation System

    THE DESIGN CHALLENGE Currently a one-man-operation, Paris HVAC owner and founder Benoît Mallet began using SimScale in 2018 when he found himself with an interesting case at hand. Benoît, an expert in all things HVAC, had the challenge of ensuring safety standards could be maintained in a particular kind of laboratory room housing an exhaust…

  • Gruner Roschi – Comparing Classroom Ventilation Designs

    Gruner Roschi’s Case Gruner Roschi’s project involved creating a suitable classroom ventilation design for a newly constructed building. Working closely with the chief architect on the project, it was determined that the design needed to be cost-efficient, eco-friendly, and ultimately low-tech. This meant as little technical installation needed to be used as possible in the…