Nick Wirth

Racer, engineer, industrial designer, #CFD innovator & entrepreneur. Founder of @wirthresearch

[Nick Wirth @wirthtoday]

I’m so sad to have lost my dear friend Peter Morgan - who’s on the far left of this image. Peter was a simply wonderful person and everyone at Wirth Research sends their deepest condolences to Sally and his family. We’ll miss you Peter 😔

[𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐭𝐝 @UnisonLtd]

This is a great listen on BBC Radio 4, as @wirthtoday talks about the Halo device, which is currently saving lives in @F1.

Our Unison tube bending machines play a key part in making the Halo.
Find out more about what we do...
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[Wirth Research @wirthresearch]

We have moved! We relocated our computing resources to Iceland, allowing us to continue our ground-breaking work using geothermal energy to power it. We also moved offices to a newly developed Eco building (https://t.co/d3SzCV7A3c), bringing us very close to zero carbon target.

[Nick Wirth @wirthtoday]

@C4whaaa @adamcooperF1 I think you already know my answer to the ridiculously conservative target of all CFD by 2030 for F1. Too many vested interests.....

[Nick Wirth @wirthtoday]

Congratulations to @INEOSTEAMUK and @AinslieBen for an amazing turnaround since Christmas and getting through to the @PradaCup finals. I hope @NYYCAmericanMag can get the extensive damage of their scary capsize fixed in time for their showdown with @lunarossa. Fanstastic racing!

[Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social @chrischirp]

We need to talk about ventilation so much more - opening windows will save lives - in cars, houses, buses, workplaces, schools...

[Nick Wirth @wirthtoday]

Team NZ @americascup boat launched this wk & it's a marvel of modern engineering. Physics shows that hydrodynamic drag is a function of wake size, so look at wake differential between AC sail boat & internal combustion chase boats.

Great challenge for Team UK 🇬🇧

@emiratesteamnz

[Nick Wirth @wirthtoday]

Forget scrubbing surfaces, it's the airborne virus we have to deal with: https://t.co/roEvXROvKy

Excellent article from @nytimes on why we should be focusing our attention on mitigating the airborne transmission of Coronavirus

@davidshukmanbbc @AnnaSophieGross

[Nick Wirth @wirthtoday]

I’ve been using the free @ng_eso app to minimise my #carbonfootprint.

It gives a real time overview of energy consumption in the UK, with the green areas showing when it is coming from the ‘cleanest’ sources.

https://t.co/kmc5ZQAXV2

[Wirth Research @wirthresearch]

Airplanes amongst worst environments for virus transmission due to recirculating air, close seating & long hauls.

Our OpenAir system solves this using vertical airflow to push viral particles down & prevent infection.

@thatjohn, @AirlineReporter, @TomBurridgebbc, @lift_aero

[Wirth Research @wirthresearch]

Our OpenAir technology can help businesses assess where #Coronavirus transmission is likely to take place in indoor areas.

This video shows modelling of complex airflow around and through a supermarket, enabling measures to be put in place to minimise viral transmission.

[Wirth Research @wirthresearch]

How do you stop the spread of #Coronavirus in confined public spaces such as lifts?

Vertical Airflow ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Our OpenAir solution can divert contaminated air particles and eliminate the need for social distancing.

@CTBUH @TomBurridgebbc @AnnaSophieGross @BCO_UK @TheIET

[Nick Wirth @wirthtoday]

This backs up our work at @wirthresearch, using CFD to analyse and mitigate the viral transmission of micron-droplets of #COVID_19 via airflow.

Our OpenAir process adapts airflow to disperse droplets away from high risk areas: https://t.co/laqZFbjnKR

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

📍FAUCI SAYS THE CORONAVIRUS IS AIRBORNE—it’s not official until the Fauci sings. And Dr Fauci has come out strongly:

“Bottomline, there’s much more aerosol 💨 than we thought”. #COVID19

Moreover, #SARSCoV2 also found in:

📌Stool
📌Blood
📌Semen
📌Eye secretions

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[Nick Wirth @wirthtoday]

@roslynbraun31 @davidshukmanbbc @CIBSE_NatVent @CathNoakes @Wymelenberg @wirthresearch From what we’re seeing, that’s unlikely to help. Once you start forcing outside air into an interior, the main thing to avoid is setting up consistant horizontal airflow “pathways” that travel between places people stay in for extended periods as these can be viral conduits

[Nick Wirth @wirthtoday]

@DouglasBooker @davidshukmanbbc @CathNoakes @CIBSE_NatVent @Wymelenberg @wirthresearch Yes but there’s no point deploying filtration/anti-viral cleansing technology that hasn’t been PROVEN (independently validated) to be effective. The only technology that I have 100% confidence in is using high temperature to kill the virus. Beware of unvalidated technology....

[David Shukman @DavidShukman]

Five ways to avoid catching #coronavirus indoors - my take on the value of ventilation with thanks to ⁦@CIBSE_NatVent⁩ ⁦@CathNoakes⁩ @wymelenberg ⁦@wirthresearch⁩ ⁦@wirthtoday⁩ https://t.co/Yts8ILMnVX

[Nick Wirth @wirthtoday]

@SwenSnoek @UnracedF1 @StHerbert @jmboileau @jordigene9 @MaVic009 ....like Argentina 😰

[Nick Wirth @wirthtoday]

@SwenSnoek @UnracedF1 @StHerbert @jmboileau @jordigene9 @MaVic009 I guarantee he’ll remember gearbox failures ending his races early 😞

[Nick Wirth @wirthtoday]

@UnracedF1 @StHerbert @jmboileau @jordigene9 Yup - I wish....