General framework of the activity
The mission of the Scientific and Technical Center for Building (CSTB) is to ensure the quality and safety of buildings. It brings together multidisciplinary skills to develop and share essential scientific and technical knowledge covering construction products and buildings, and their integration into neighborhoods and cities. It guides skateholders in the cycle of innovation from idea to market and supports the transformation of the construction sector in the context of the digital, environmental and energy transitions. The CSTB focuses on five key activities: research and expertise, evaluation, certification, testing and the dissemination of knowledge.
Specific skills in the MRE field
- On-site measurements and monitoring of structures
- Wind resource assessment
- Structures aerodynamics
- Wind tunnel tests
- Atmospheric icing
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Anemometer calibration
- Physical simulation of climatic environments
Test facilities applicable to MRE
- Jules Verne climatic wind tunnel
- Atmospheric wind tunnels
- Testing site BOUIN (IEC 61400)
- CFD codes
Products or services in MRE
- Wind resources assessment
- Wind tunnel assessment of wind and climatic loads on structures
- Monitoring of slender aerial structures
- Anemometer calibration according COFRAC and MEASNET standard
- Training of MRE operators in harsh climatic environment
