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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"Wind loading"”.
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A study of the statistical approach to wind loading
… probable response of structures in the along-wind direction. An outline of the theoretical basis of the approach is given and the effect of varying wind and structural parameters for a range of different structures is examined. To put the study in context, a brief look is taken at the problems …
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Wind loading and dynamic response of air-supported roof structures
… defining, theoretically, approximate values of wind loading and predicting dynamic response of air-supported structures subject to suddenly applied loads. Wind loading on air-supported structures is a phenomenon involving significant mutual interaction between inertial, elastic and aerodynamic …
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Experimental Investigation of Wind Loading on a Ducted Wind Turbine
Ducted wind turbines (DWT) are designed to operate in the low-speed wind conditions when compared to the conventional horizontal axis wind turbines. The duct/shroud boosts the power output by increasing the mass flow through the turbine. To enhance our understanding on the impacts of turbulence on …
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An analysis of a circular plate under tangential wind loading
… the top of a circular cylinder was placed in a wind tunnel and the pressure caused by a wind load were read over the exposed surfaces. The pressure on the plate were approximated by four terms of a Fourier cosine series. By use of the governing equation or small deflection or plates, Fourier …
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Stability behaviour and dynamic response of cooling towers subjected to wind loading
… The shells are subjected to increasing wind pressures (speeds) to observe the trends in the critical buckling pressures/speeds at which the shell first buckles and the corresponding buckling modes. The cooling tower's geometry is changed in a systematic manner to obtain the relationship …
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Experiments on the Response of Arch-Supported Membrane Shelters to Snow and Wind Loading
… of how these structures behave under wind and snow loading conditions. Three models were constructed, one at a scale of 1:100 and two at a scale of 1:50. The 1:100 scale model represented a proposed prototypical structure 200 ft long, 75 ft wide, and 50 ft tall, with multiple arches. …
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Analysis of the Behavior of Steel Silos Under Wind Loading (Buckling, Stiffeners, Corrugated Shell, Anchor Bolts)
… buckling analysis of steel silos under wind loading. In the first part, the wind loading pattern is established and the equivalent orthotropic rigidities of standard corrugated sheets are reviewed and, in some cases, new improved formulas are derived.
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Investigation on the effects of the wind vertical angle of attack and the wind speed profile on low-rise building pressures and its implications for wind loading by severe convective storms
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-14 without embargo terms
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Wind tunnel investigation of wind load on a ground mounted photovoltaic tracker
Wind loading is an important environmental factor to be considered in design of components and support structures of ground mounted photovoltaic tracker systems (PVT). Current understanding of action of wind on such systems is incomplete. Over the past decade, a number of investigations devoted to …
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Performance of snug tight bolts in moment end-plate connections
… connections for use in single story buildings. Wind loading was deemed to be the critical loading on snug tight bolt, moment end-plate connections. A test loading sequence was established based on a statistical analysis of the 50-year wind loading on low rise buildings. Eleven specimens, …
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Wind-induced dynamic response of bridges
Wind loading has long played a significant role in bridge design. Some spectacular failures, such as the Tay Bridge (Scotland, 1879), or the Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Washington State, 1940) acted as a painful reminder to engineers in case they had forgotten the importance of wind loading. Today, a …
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Computational Finite Element Analysis Of Extreme Loading Response Of Structural Insulated Panel (Sip) Building Subsystems
… identified as vulnerable under high velocity wind loads. At that time, there were no published guidelines for performing a computational finite element analysis of the sip system, and thus it was not possible to obtain the necessary system response data. By observation of blast experimental …
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Analysis of Bridge Deck Sections by Pseudo-compressibility method based on FDM and LES: Improving Performance through Implementation of Parallel Computing
<p>The incidence of wind on bridges produces static and dynamic loading that must be adequately addressed when designing bridges. Dynamic loading is the primary concern, as the amplitude of the structures response to the applied loading may be greatly amplified. Ideally, the bridge's properties …
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Solar Power for Deployment in Populated Areas
… explored in the thesis include flutter, the wind loading of open frame structures, performance-based design, and the design of flexibly mounted equipment on a building.
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Estimation of cavity pressures in air-permeable, multi-layer systems using a lumped-leakage approach
… conventional buildings, the proper estimation of wind-induced pressures on the external façade, the roof surface, or the net pressures across elements like a canopy or parapet, which are exposed to wind on both sides, can be easily done using conventional wind tunnel tests. But in the case of …
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Utilização de "OUTRIGGERS" em edifícios altos
… top displacement of tall buildings under lateral wind loading. A lateral load with equivalent linear distribution to the actual wind load is adopted and equations for one or several outriggers are developed seeking for optimum positioning and their efficiency in reducing sideway top displacements …
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Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete Spandrel Cladding Panels in Façade Applications
… deflection of the panels under serviceability wind pressure load testing agreed well with the calculated values, in most cases deflecting less than the design limit. The failure strength of the panels was shown to be as much as four times higher than calculated. Results of the fatigue testing …
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Error analysis of motion transmission mechanisms : design of a parabolic solar trough
… order to maintain 80% efficiency under sustained wind loading.
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Friction-based control system for seismic energy dissipation with isolated stories
… to increase the performance under seismic and/or wind loading either by adding stiffness or inducing counteracting forces which dissipate energy in various ways. In order to efficiently dissipate the seismic energy with existing schemes, large structural displacements are required. However, …
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Frequency-based response of damped outrigger systems for tall buildings
… in reducing lateral drift under quasi-static wind loading. Although keeping lateral deflection below the required value is certainly important, it is found that in most tall buildings without supplementary damping, the design for stiffness is usually governed by occupant comfort under lateral …
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