This is the RWIND model for Eurocode Cuboid Verification Example.
Eurocode Cuboid Verification Example
You can download this structural model to use it for training purposes or for your projects. However, we do not assume any guarantee or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the model.
If you have experimentally determined surface pressures available for a model, you can apply them to a structural model in RFEM 6, process them in RWIND 2, and use them as wind loads in the structural analysis of RFEM 6.
You can find out how to apply the experimentally determined values in this Knowledge Base article: Static Analysis with Wind Loads from Experimentally Measured Pressures Using RWIND 2 and RFEM 6
You can display the RWIND results directly in the main program. In the Navigator - Results, select the Wind Simulation Analysis result type from the list above.
Currently, the following results are available, which refer to the RWIND computational mesh:
- Surface pressure
- Surface cp coefficient
- Wall distance y+ (steady flow)
Do you already know the editor for mesh refinement control? It is a great help for your work! Why? It's easy – it gives you the following options:
- Graphic visualization of the areas with mesh refinements
- Mesh refinement of zones
- Deactivating the standard 3D solid mesh refinement with transversion into the corresponding manual 3D mesh refinements.
These options help you to formulate a suitable rule for meshing the entire model, even for the models with unusual dimensions. Use the editor to efficiently define small model details on large buildings or detailed meshing areas in the coating area of the model. You will be amazed!
RWIND Basic uses a numerical CFD model (Computational Fluid Dynamics) to simulate wind flows around your objects using a digital wind tunnel. The simulation process determines specific wind loads acting on your model surfaces from the flow result around the model.
A 3D volume mesh is responsible for the simulation itself. For this, RWIND Basic performs an automatic meshing on the basis of freely definable control parameters. For the calculation of wind flow, RWIND Basic provides a steady solver and RWIND Pro a transient solver for incompressible turbulent flow. Surface pressures resulting from the flow results are extrapolated onto the model for each time step.