Ventus Tutorials

See the following links for all Ventus Tutorials.

These tutorials teach the basic concepts necessary for working with Ventus

Ventus is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for the CONTAM network model developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

To demonstrate basic Ventus (and CONTAM) capability, we will model a simple six-story building for winter and summer conditions.

One mid-rise Ventus model with three temperature scenarios and scheduled stairwell temperatures.

An example from the ASHRAE Handbook of Smoke Control Engineering, Klote et al., 2012. Chapter 14 of the handbook, Network Modeling and CONTAM

Second example from the ASHRAE Handbook of Smoke Control Engineering, Klote et al., 2012. Chapter 14 of the handbook, Network Modeling and CONTAM

Third example from the ASHRAE Handbook of Smoke Control Engineering, Klote et al., 2012. Chapter 14 of the handbook, Network Modeling and CONTAM

Fourth example from the ASHRAE Handbook of Smoke Control Engineering, Klote et al., 2012. Chapter 14 of the handbook, Network Modeling and CONTAM

These tutorials teach the basic methods necessary to perform Stairwell Pressurization Studies in Ventus.

This tutorial teaches the user how to a closed door Stairwell Pressurization study in Ventus.

This tutorial teaches the user how to an open door Stairwell Pressurization study in Ventus.

This tutorial teaches the user how to model door state changes in Ventus

This tutorial teaches the user how to model basic Contaminants in Ventus.

This video demonstrates creating a Ventus model by drawing on a 2D image.

Create a Ventus model by importing 3D CAD models.