Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional Wind Simulator Validation Brief

Autodesk® RobotTM Structural Analysis Professional 2015 software incorporates a new wind simulation tool that enables users to test their designs in a virtual wind tunnel. Utilizing an intuitive user interface, designers can quickly and easily apply wind flows to a structure and get nearly instant results to either visualize surface pressures or generate wind loads to be used in further design and analysis. To accomplish this, the tool incorporates computational fluid dynamics (CFD) into a streamlined workflow practical for design-phase analysis.

The following document includes details and results of a validation study comparing results from the software’s wind simulation to physical results obtained from wind tunnel testing.