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Simple Supply and Exhaust Vents

In this short tutorial you will learn how to model simple supply and exhaust vents. 1. Geometry and duration In this example we will model an exhaust and a supply vent in a 3 m x 4 m x 3 m room: &MESH XB= 0, 3, 0, 4, 0, 3, IJK= 30, 40, 30 / […]

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Smokeview Tutorial – Basic functions

In this Smokeview tutorial you will learn how to use the basic functions of the software. 1. Opening a Smokeview file To open a Smokeview file (.smv) you just have to double click on it. Two windows should now be opened by the software: In the “visualization window”, Smokeview will automatically show the geometry of […]

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Radially spreading fire

In this tutorial you will learn how to model a Radially Spreading Fire, both on a flat plane and among obstructions. All of this will be accomplished without modeling the pyrolysis of the solid fuels directly. 1. Why model a radially spreading fire? This function is commonly used to emulate a realistic fire growth/spread. It […]

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Remove obstructions during a simulation in FDS

In this tutorial you will learn how to remove obstructions during a simulation in FDS. 1. Introduction Devices can be used to control various actions. One of the most frequent controls implemented in a FDS simulation is the removal (or creation) of an obstruction. In this tutorial we will remove obstructions using basic control actions. […]

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Multiple Meshes

In this Fire Dynamics Simulator tutorial, you are going to learn how to properly define multiple meshes in the same FDS simulation. Mesh Basics All FDS calculations are performed within a domain that is made up of parallelepipedal volumes called meshes. Each mesh is divided into rectangular cells, the number of which depends on the […]