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Virtualwind Overview
Pedestrian Wind and WInd Comfort Conditions - Virtualwind is an advanced 3D wind flow modeling and visualization software solution developed by Virtualwind Inc, a member of the RWDI Group of Companies. It empowers users to quickly predict, understand and convey complex wind flow phenomena in urban, suburban and rural environment.
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Benefits
Valuable information in early design stages: While CFD has its limitations in wind engineering applications, due to the highly turbulent nature of wind flows, the assessment of pedestrian winds, particularly in the early stages of the design of a project, does appear to be one area where judicious application of CFD methods can bring significant benefits. The expert can temper the results with experience and use the graphical outputs as an effective communication aid in his/her discussions with designers, developers, planning officials and laypersons.
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Key Features
- LES (Large Eddy Simulation) turbulence model
- Atmospheric boundary layers over typical open, suburban and urban terrains
- Simulation process similar to wind tunnel testing
- Easy selection of computational domain and cell size, time step and calculation duration, as well as buildings and terrains
- Visualization techniques, including smoke, vectors, contours and isolines in both the snapshot and animation formats
Consulting in the science of buildings, structures and environment
RWDI
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