CYPEFIRE FDS is an application for use in the design of complex building models, to carry out simulations of the evolution of fires using the Fire Dynamics Simulator developed by the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA).
This application is integrated in the Open BIM workflow using the IFC standard.
CYPEFIRE FDS is a multifunctional tool that can be very useful for firefighter training and for the technicians responsible for the design of the extinguishing systems, temperature control and smoke evacuation systems (SCTEH), to evaluate the fire safety of the buildings during the project stage as well as for the reconstruction of fire scenarios.
With the BIMserver.center web platform, all the participants and applications that are part of an integrated project communicate directly using the Open BIM workflow. This integration is carried out by exchanging IFC information files with a previously defined BIM model.
Once the simulation has been carried out using the FDS analysis engine, CYPEFIRE FDS can display the data in several ways, so users can analyse the results in the most efficient way according to their needs:
- Smokeview (SMV)
The Smokeview tool, developed by the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA) can be launched to view the data of the fire dynamics simulation.
- Graphs
During the simulation, the FDS analysis engine writes several files, with CSV format, containing values, obtained as a function of time, of parameters such as the heat emission or status of the devices and controls. The graphs that are generated with this information can be viewed in CYPEFIRE FDS, even during the analysis.
The complexity of performing a fire dynamics simulation in a building and the multiple factors that are involved, require greater hardware and software requirements compared to those that are necessary to carry out normal work with other programs.
To perform the fire dynamic simulation in a building, the CYPE programs user license must include the "Dynamic fire simulation" permit (which is the same that provides access to the "Dynamic fire simulation using the Fire Dynamics Simulator”) and the user license must be updated to the 2019 or higher version.
