Data centers are the backbone of the modern world, powering everything from social media to online banking. But the surge in Artificial Intelligence (AI) is placing unprecedented demands on these facilities, pushing power densities to new heights and exacerbating existing fire risks. As AI models grow increasingly complex, they require Read more…
Introduction In the realm of fire safety engineering, effective smoke control is paramount to saving lives and protecting property. While natural smoke ventilation has its place, situations often demand active systems, such as horizontal smoke extraction. The challenge then lies in designing and validating these systems. This is where computational Read more…
Introduction Fire sprinklers are a critical component of fire safety systems, designed to detect and suppress fires quickly, protecting lives and property. Simulating their behavior in a fire environment using tools like Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) can provide valuable insights for design and safety analysis. This post will delve into Read more…
Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a powerful tool for modeling and simulating fire behavior. Understanding how to effectively monitor the simulated environment is crucial for extracting meaningful results. This is where the DEVC (Device) keyword comes in – a vital component for tracking key variables within your FDS simulations. This Read more…
FDS has a dedicated post-processor named SMOKEVIEW. On the cloudHPC you have the possibility of using it directly on the remote desktop of your running simulation. An alternative to this possibility can be provided by Paraview, the common opensource post-processor, widely used for industrial and accademic cases. It is possible Read more…
Jet Fans are commonly elements present in car parks. They are elements whose goal is moving air, smoke and heat in case of fire towards an extraction point. JetFan model is FDS is a strategic choice when running a fire scenario. Jet Fans applications is quite common in indoor car Read more…
FDS has default settings on how to deal with thermal radiation transport in the simulation. However, there are some simulations where reducing the ration calculations can be useful to reduce simulation time. Such as per simulation where there aren’t high change in temperature or in external fires. Otherwise, knowing the Read more…
FDS provide different methods in order to stop your running simulation: SOFT and HARD STOP. Sometimes your analysis just crashes and you would lose all of your data. Other times, you might want to stop a calculation, make few variations, and restart the simulation from when it left off. FDS Read more…
An Important FDS feature is the ability to restart a simulation. The Cloud HPC allows you to restart your simulation directly from the web-app, with the MISC parameter RESTART. When running a simulation, there could be times in which you need to stop your simulation, in order to make few Read more…
Blender FDS gives you the tools to generate a geometry directly with edit commands available. However, for complex geometry the software allows you to import CAD models such as STL file. In this post is shown how to generate a complex geometry starting from a STL file. Blender FDS allows Read more…
