UrbaWind
The CFD software for automatic wind computation in urban areas.
To calculate the wind energy potential in the cities, the wind-induced natural ventilation in the buildings and the pedestrian comfort maps can be done by UrbaWind which is user-friendly software advanced in fluid numeric's technology, CFD. Specialized software for engineers, architects, designers, city planners etc. to accomplish their projects in minimal time with accurate results.
The power of CFD for everybody
- Complete resolution of the 3D RANS equations for fluid mechanics
- Fast and robust solver integrating the latest numerical techniques
- Automatic grid generation with refinement around the buildings, vegetation and interest surfaces
- Automatic generation of boundary conditions
- Ergonomic and intuitive graphic interface
- Compatible with tools currently used by architects and research departments
- Compatible with standard CAD formats
- Definition of big sites with the 64 bits version
For an exact evaluation of wind characteristics in an urban area
- Calculation of local perturbation coefficients while taking into account the effects of the buildings, vegetation and the ground roughness (asphalt, water or grass)
- Distribution of wind across the site (speed/direction table)
- Statistical description of wind in Weibull coefficients, by frequency table
- Calculation of the turbulence intensity and pressure to estimate the loads
- Extreme wind speeds
- Integration of the local climatology
- Safety of worksites and crane location
For projects related to the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification system
- Pedestrian comfort studies for outdoor spaces
- Quantification the wind-induced natural ventilation (air debits entering the buildings)
- Calculation of urban wind-power potential
- Urban pollution mapping
Recent validation cases
- The Bolund blind comparison experiment organized in 2009 at the Risø DTU in Roskilde, Denmark. The results given by UrbaWind have been ranked in the top-10 among 52 CFD models used by wind energy experts, including non-automatic codes.
- Validation against measurements done in wind tunnels and in the city of Niigata in Japan by the Architectural Institute of Japan. Presentation at the International Small Wind Conference in Watford, UK in 2009.
Options
Energy Module
Comfort Module
Natural Ventilation Module
64 bits Version
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System Requirements : Windows / CPU: 1 GHz or higher / RAM 1Gb or higher / Disk space: 100 Mb / Graphic adapter: 256 Mo
Download the UrbaWind Demo