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Simulation Type: Fluid Dynamics

  • 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…

  • Raycore Lights – Iterating Faster with Cloud Thermal Analysis

    Challenge Shorten the design and prototype lifecycle. Incorporate a CAE tool that would add value but not pose a high financial barrier. Maintain control of the design process while also controlling costs. Results 5 simulations ran in parallel. 8 design iterations. Finding a Cost-Effective CAE Tool For Thermal Analysis The team at Raycore Lights had…

  • NDC-GARBE – Proving Data Center Cooling Resilience

    The Challenge As digitization is growing at an exponential rate so, too, is the energy demand on data centers. NDC-GARBE is committed to finding solutions to reduce the carbon footprint of the IT industry to net-zero, or below. Their patented cooling technology enables highly efficient use of energy in otherwise “power-hungry” data centers. Traditional data…

  • 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…

  • Forwiz System – Optimizing Thermal Management for Servers

    The Challenge There was a need for numerical simulation when a request came in from a company that manufactures high-end server computers. There was a serious issue regarding the cooling of the CPU, which needed a tailored solution to the problem. In order to obtain the best design of a cooling module, there were many…

  • 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…

  • Hoenle – Accelerating UV Lamp Cooling Simulation

    Challenges Limited in-house compute power and an on-premise simulation tool couldn’t resolve the turbulent airflow needed for a new, high-power, air-cooled UV lamp. Outsourcing simulation work to third-party contractors meant waiting one to two weeks for even minor design tweaks. A meeting-dependent, linear workflow with contractors made it slow to explore multiple design variants. New…