{"id":210,"date":"2020-09-07T12:34:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T12:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windsim.com\/?page_id=210"},"modified":"2020-09-23T08:07:42","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T08:07:42","slug":"the-bolund-experiment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/windsim.com\/library\/the-bolund-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bolund Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"210\" class=\"elementor elementor-210\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ce17de elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"8ce17de\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9678e3e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e7a7ad4\" data-id=\"e7a7ad4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c473e7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c473e7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"PrintArea\" class=\"Box2W\"><h5><strong>The Bolund Experiment<\/strong><\/h5><p class=\"Intro\">The Bolund experiment provides a new dataset for validating flow models in complex terrain.<\/p><p>WindSim proudly particpated in the Bolund experiment, a new validation case undertaken by Ris\u00f8, and congratulates our fellow contributors.<\/p><p>The CFD methods\u2014including WindSim\u2014showed the lowest errors among the various methods used.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5839703\" data-id=\"5839703\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a42988 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a42988\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/windsim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bolund_results_pdf.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1089\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229a6cfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"229a6cfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"PrintArea\" class=\"Box2W\"><p align=\"left\">The Bolund experiment is a field campaign that provides a new dataset for validating numerical models of flow in complex terrain and is the basis for a unique blind comparison of flow models.<\/p><p align=\"left\">Today, many flow models are evaluated against hill experiments of simple geometry often performed at laboratory scales in wind tunnels. However, in order to validate the models, full scale field experiments with realistic terrain forms are necessary.<\/p><p align=\"left\">The Bolund experiment allows such a validation.<\/p><p align=\"left\">We also discuss the Bolund experiment and validation\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/windsim.com\/validating-cfds-value\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"subNavigation\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the bolund experiment The Bolund Experiment The Bolund experiment provides a new dataset for validating flow models in complex terrain. WindSim proudly particpated in the Bolund experiment, a new validation case undertaken by Ris\u00f8, and congratulates our fellow contributors. The CFD methods\u2014including WindSim\u2014showed the lowest errors among the various methods used. 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