Computational engineering for wind-exposed thin-walled structures

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5 Conclusions
The partitioned solution approach has been investigated for the simulation of
uid-structure interaction of light civil engineering constructions under wind
load. Before the outlined concept could be a practically used procedure, it will
be necessary to incorporate more elaborate turbulence modeling such as largeeddy
simulation, perform more numerical tests and compare the numerical
results with veried experimental data. If thus sucient condence is gained
in this simulation technique, it can be an application of high-performance
computing with signicant impact on engineering practice.
Acknowledgements
The work was nanced by the Bayerische Forschungsstiftung in the Bavarian
Consortium of High-Performance Scientic Computing, FORTWIHR (III).
The simulations were partially carried out on the Hitachi SR8000-F1 at the
LRZ Munchen [8]. This support is gratefully acknowledged.
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