3D Ambiens Preview

 

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Available as part of EDSL`s consultancy services

When we set development goals for our CFD products they were simply:

  • We are only interested in CFD applications in the built environment

  • Mesh generation must be completely automatic

  • Simulations have to be 100% stable and reliable

  • Simulation times need to be significantly faster than current competitive codes

  • Simulations need to be transient with BEMS like controls on device operation

  • Output needs to be animated

  • The software needs to be firmly validated

  • Users should not need to be CFD specialists

 

We have achieved these goals and now have a fast and robust CFD engine. Comparative studies show it to be up to 50 times faster than competitive software and completely stable.

We have made limited functionality demonstration versions available to allow people to test this for themselves. Follow the Dynamic Ambiens Preview link to find out more.

 

Chilled Beam Cooling in Cellular Office

Single Sided Natural Ventilation in Cellular Office

Validation

All the simulations and their results, found by following the links below, have been generated by exactly the same code (either 2D or 3D). Exactly the same algorithms have been employed with no special meshing or user intervention required, as all the problems have been specified on a completely uniform Cartesian grid. There have been no changes in the type of turbulence modelling between each problem, no changes to the differencing scheme or parameter tuning for wall functions. In short, unlike so many other CFD products, nothing else has been done but simply draw, enter boundary values and then simulate. Indeed, many of these examples are included in our Ambiens release so that our customers can verify that these results are really ‘straight out of the box’. We would strongly recommend that anyone interested in buying CFD technology should be personally involved in running simulations like these. This would show exactly how hard (or easy) they really are with the CFD product under consideration. Under no circumstances should software be bought ‘blind’ without a thorough demonstration period. The customer should always be allowed to run tests entirely on their own to assess accuracy and ease of use.

Displacement Validation Experiments.pdf

Experimental Validation - 3D CFD.pdf

Jet Nozzle Comparisons.pdf

Scaling Grid Independence Test.pdf

Time Accuracy Verification.pdf

Additional Validation Examples.pdf

The validation documents are best viewed in Adobe Acrobat v6 or above. You can download a free copy of this software from the Adobe website.