Simulating wind loads on unique buildings in SolidWorks

Abstract

Simulating wind loads on unique buildings in SolidWorks

Verzhbovskiy G.B., Minvaleeva R.R., Marchenko A.D.

Incoming article date: 18.07.2019

During designing unique buildings, great attention is paid to the correct setting of operational loads. When determining the wind load for particularly difficult cases, it is proposed to blow models of objects in a wind tunnel. In the case of using virtual models, the main tool is the ANSYS complex. This complex belongs to the "heavy" scientific programs, therefore, for building structures, the SolidWorks software package can be convenient. The article describes the simulation of variable height wind impact on a unique building in this program. The loading of a three-dimensional model of a high-rise building with cantilevered floors was carried out and the law of distribution of static pressure on a complex object was established by blowing the model in a virtual wind tunnel. In this case, the modeling process itself is simpler and more convenient than in ANSYS.

Keywords: Unique building, wind load, wind tunnel, building frame, finite element method. pressure console floor