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Shock and Vibration, 2021 This study aims to estimate the wind loads acting on a tower structure by comparing and reviewing design codes and the results of wind tunnel tests. To this end, the modal properties of the tower were identified through short-term on-site measurements of
Seungho Lee, Sooyong Kim, Soon-Duck Kwon
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Design of stick-framed wood roofs under tornado wind loads
Frontiers in Built Environment, 2022 Light-frame wood construction comprises nearly 90% of the housing industry in Canada and the United States. The roofs of these houses can be constructed either entirely on site or using prefabricated trusses.
Caspar L. D. Bain +4 more
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Causal Effect of Leading-Edge Sawtooth Configuration on Flow Field Characteristics and Aerodynamic Losses in the Supersonic Compressor Cascade [PDF]
Journal of Applied Fluid MechanicsThis study focuses on the TM-141 supersonic compressor blade as the subject of investigation. Utilizing the Reynolds-averaged numerical simulation approach, the study examines the impact of the leading-edge sawtooth structure on the blade grid, flow ...
S. J. Hu, Z. J. Wei, M. Ni, G. M. Ren
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Effects of Topside Structures and Wind Profile on Wind Tunnel Testing of FPSO Vessel Models
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020 This study examined the effects of wind loads on a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, focusing in particular on the impact of the turbulent wind profiles, the level of details of the topside structures, and the operation modes of ...
Seungho Lee, Sanghun Lee, Soon-Duck Kwon
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Aerofoil behaviour at high angles of attack and at Reynolds numbers appropriate for small wind turbines [PDF]
, 2014 The aerodynamic characteristics of a NACA0018 aerofoil have been investigated experimentally for incidence angles ranging from 0° to 180° in closed-jet and open-jet wind tunnels with different blockage coefficients at Reynolds numbers from 60,000 to 140 ...
Dominy, Robert G +3 more
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Wind-tunnel investigation of icing of an inclined cylinder [PDF]
, 2010 The effects of varying the angle of wind velocity and axis of a cylindrical icing object around all of the three mutually perpendicular axes are studied experimentally.
Kollar, László E., Farzaneh, Masoud
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Mokslas: Lietuvos Ateitis, 2012 The paper analyzes an educational wind tunnel produced by the Department of Building Energetics (DBE) of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. The equipment could be used for performing laboratory works and simple research. The article presents the projection of inflow and outlet velocity in the working chamber of DBE wind tunnel and carries out ...
Bielskus, Juozas +1 more
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Design and performance of an open jet wind tunnel for aero-acoustic measurement [PDF]
, 2009 This paper presents the design and performance of an open jet, blow down wind tunnel that was newly commissioned in the anechoic chamber at the ISVR, University of Southampton, UK. This wind tunnel is intended for the measurement of airfoil trailing edge
Chong, T.P. +5 more
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Assessment of Rainfall Variability over Karnataka state in India
Natural Hazards ResearchKarnataka state situated in the southern part of India is surrounded by a long coast line and western ghat mountain regions on the western side. The rainfall distribution shows a large variability in different parts of the state.
Krushna Chandra Gouda +3 more
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Supersonic and transonic Mach probe for calibration control in the Trisonic Wind Tunnel [PDF]
INCAS Bulletin, 2017 A supersonic and high speed transonic Pitot Prandtl is described as it can be implemented in the Trisonic Wind Tunnel for calibration and verification of Mach number precision. A new calculation method for arbitrary precision Mach numbers is proposed and
Alexandru Marius PANAIT
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