Computational Wind Engineering: Tools and Techniques
This online engineering PDH course provides a comprehensive overview of the future of wind engineering through Computational Wind Engineering (CWE) to improve structural safety and resilience in real-world projects.
This course covers essential topics, including an introduction to CWE, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) applications, verification and validation processes, system reliability, and storm-type modeling. It also explores the key advancements in tools and methodologies that improve building resilience against extreme wind events.
This 5 PDH online course is suitable for engineers, architects, and urban planners involved in building design and risk assessment.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Understanding the fundamental principles of Computational Wind Engineering (CWE)
- Learning how to apply Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools for wind load predictions
- Exploring verification and validation processes crucial to CWE reliability
- Assessing the role of system reliability and risk in wind load simulations
- Identifying research gaps and future directions in CWE advancements
- Developing skills to model wind interactions with buildings under various storm types
- Gaining insights into CWE applications for structural resilience in urban environments
- Analyzing case studies on CWE and its role in reducing damage from extreme wind events
- Examining computational models and their effectiveness in structural wind load analysis
- Investigating the integration of machine learning with CWE to enhance simulation efficiency
- Evaluating the economic and safety benefits of adopting CWE in design practice
- Discovering the role of CWE in predicting wind-induced damage to buildings
- Learning how to use CWE for community-scale assessments of wind vulnerabilities
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