Wind Load on Building

- November 17, 2023 at 3:40 pm
  
  Adam Thibodeaux
  Subscriber
  
  Hello Experts,
  I am an engineering student and am trying to learn/use ANSYS and would appreciate any guidance you give me.
  My goal is to model a 3D building to see the force distributed by wind. For example, I would like to change the wind speed for the different hurricane categories to see how it affects the force on the building. Which ANSYS software/settings would be best for this? I was thinking about using ANSYS Fluent, do you have any good articles on this type of design? Thank You!!
- November 20, 2023 at 2:13 pm
  
  Rob
  Forum Moderator
  
  You can, and I'd use Fluent. However, with storm and higher wind speed the fluctuating component can become very significant so getting a single speed/force value may not be possible. I've run models on more common wind speeds, and I know there are articles in literature; I don't have any references to share.
- November 20, 2023 at 2:16 pm
  
  Adam Thibodeaux
  Subscriber
  
  Thank You Rob for your advice. I will try to look for articles in the literature space.

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