A Passive Solution for Smoke Exfiltration for Resorts World, Las Vegas
Posted on April 26, 2021Wind and temperature differentials can cause unexpected results for tall buildings located in hot and/or cold climates. If not properly accounted for issues such as frequent jamming of lift doors and uncomfortable internal wind conditions in lobbies and main entrances can occur. These issues were anticipated by the project team behind the Resorts World, Las […]
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Disney Leads the Way, Employing the Latest in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Technology at 4 Hudson Square, New York
Posted on March 25, 2021Once known as the Printing District, Hudson Square is now attracting tenants with a much higher profile. Google and Disney stand out, with the former topping out the St John’s Terminal Building at the end of 2020 and the latter having commenced construction at 4 Hudson Square, New York. This SOM designed development by Silverstein […]
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Performance-Based Wind Design
Posted on February 11, 2021Performance-Based Wind Design has the unique purpose of making improvements on traditional design methods in order to advance the design for wind on buildings. It impacts a number of different facets of the design approach and the eventual development of the building using advanced methods of analysis to guide the process. The benefits of Performance-Based […]
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Latest Developments in CFD Enable Improved Assessment of Pollution Dispersion and Re-entrainment, Odor Propagation and Air Quality
Posted on January 6, 2021In the past, dispersion of pollutants was assessed solely through smoke flow visualisation in the wind tunnel. However, as our expertise in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has developed, so has our ability to model and visualise the movement and diffusion of common pollutants such as carbon monoxide (CO), Nitrogen oxides (NOx) and even odor and […]
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Wind Microclimate: The City of London Requests Both Wind Tunnel and CFD Studies
Posted on December 22, 2020With the number of tall buildings in the City of London growing, an important factor to consider in the planning stage is maintaining or creating a safe and comfortable urban environment for all. London City has recently paid particular attention to this issue, requiring developers to address the wind microclimate issues at an early design […]
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