2.4. EVT: Wind Events

The event panel presents the user with a drop-down menu with a list of available event applications. Event applications are applications that, given the building and user-supplied data inputs, will generate a list of events (i.e., typically time-dependent loads that represent natural disasters) for the building. The following options are available with the wind events:

• 2.4.1. Stochastic Wind
• 2.4.2. Digital Wind Tunnel
• 2.4.3. Isolated Building CFD Model
  • 2.4.3.1. Start
  • 2.4.3.2. Geometry
    • Importing STL Surface
  • 2.4.3.3. Meshing
    • Background Mesh
    • Refinement Regions
    • Surface Refinements
    • Edge Refinement
    • Prism Layers
    • Advanced Options
    • Running the Mesh
    • Viewing the Mesh
  • 2.4.3.4. Boundary Conditions
    • Approaching Wind Characteristics
    • Initial and Boundary Conditions
    • Inflow Generation
  • 2.4.3.5. Numerical Setup
    • Turbulence Modeling
    • Solver Selection
    • Duration and Time Step
    • Parallelization
  • 2.4.3.6. Monitoring
    • Base Loads
    • Story Loads
    • Cladding Loads
  • 2.4.3.7. Results(CFD)
    • Base Loads
    • Story Loads
    • Pressure Coefficients
• 2.4.4. Surrounded Building CFD Model
  • 2.4.4.1. Start
  • 2.4.4.2. Geometry
  • 2.4.4.3. Meshing
  • 2.4.4.4. Boundary Conditions
    • Approaching Wind Characteristics
    • Initial and Boundary Conditions
    • Inflow Generation
    • Turbulence Modeling
    • Solver Selection
    • Duration and Time Step
    • Parallelization
    • Base Loads
    • Story Loads
    • Cladding Loads
• 2.4.5. Database-Enabled Design Module
• 2.4.6. Data from Tokyo Polytechnic University
• 2.4.7. Wind Tunnel Experiment
• 2.4.8. Multiple Existing
• 2.4.9. Experimental Wind Force
  • 2.4.9.1. User Inputs
  • 2.4.9.2. Wind Force Time History File
• 2.4.10. Experimental Wind Pressure
  • 2.4.10.1. User Inputs
  • 2.4.10.2. Wind Pressure Time History File
• 2.4.11. Wind Force Spectrum
  • 2.4.11.1. User Inputs
  • 2.4.11.2. Wind Force Spectrum File