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Experimental tests in wind tunnels have been traditionally employed as a fundamental tool to evaluate aerodynamic and aeroelastic effects due to wind action on civil engineering structures, such as bridges and slender buildings. In the last decades, due to the versatility presented by numerical methods to change physical as well as geometrical parameters, numerical simulation has become a very attractive tool. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Computational Structural Dynamics (CSD) together with Fluid‐Structure Interaction (FSI) techniques are employed in aerodynamic and aeroelastic analysis in several engineering fields. Aerodynamic and aeroelastic behavior due to wind action on the Guama River Bridge, located at Pará State, Brazil, is first studied, taking into account experimental tests performed in the Wind Tunnel Joaquim Blessman of the Building Aerodynamic Laboratory, UFRGS. Numerical procedures are used to simulate experimental tests in order to determine aerodynamic and aeroelastic characteristics of the bridge, which is idealized by sectional models. Finally, an aeroelastic analysis of a flexible slender building is presented. Good results are obtained using numerical simulation, when compared with experimental tests.

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The new Geomiso DNL software is proposed to facilitate the use of isogeometric analysis for nonlinear inelastic dynamic applications. This hybrid software solution combines isogeometric analysis and 3D design with advanced spline techniques, such as NURBS and Tsplines. Its dual nature satisfies the rising industrial need for unification of the fields of computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided analysis (CAE), as it eliminates geometric errors by merging geometry design with mesh generation into a single procedure. This paper presents sample nonlinear applications in structural dynamics. Geomiso DNL is seen to handle these situations remarkably well, as the numerical examples exhibit significantly improved accuracy of the results, and reduced computational cost, when compared with finite element software packages. Geomiso DNL is not just a plug-in, but a both on-premises and cloud-based software, which enables engineers to simulate complex dynamic phenomena, whose impact on industrial products and structures in real-world environments can be more efficiently estimated. Taking advantage of the new horizons offered in the peak of the Industry 4.0 era, the physical twin feeds, via cloud technology, with real-time data its geometrically exact digital twin, while a dynamic analysis is performed and crucial results about structure safety and quality are obtained. It is argued that Geomiso DNL is a new, more efficient, alternative to FEA software. This is the first time ever such a cloud-based program has been developed.