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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/was.2013.16.2.137

The influence of model surface roughness on wind loads of the RC chimney by comparing the full-scale measurements and wind tunnel simulations  

Chen, Chern-Hwa (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Kaohsiung)
Chang, Cheng-Hsin (Department of Civil Engineering, Tamkang University)
Lin, Yuh-Yi (Department of Civil Engineering, Tamkang University)
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Wind and Structures / v.16, no.2, 2013 , pp. 137-156 More about this Journal
Abstract
A wind tunnel test of a scaled-down model and field measurement were effective methods for elucidating the aerodynamic behavior of a chimney under a wind load. Therefore, the relationship between the results of the wind tunnel test and the field measurement had to be determined. Accordingly, the set-up and testing method in the wind tunnel had to be modified from the field measurement to simulate the real behavior of a chimney under the wind flow with a larger Reynolds number. It enabled the results of the wind tunnel tests to be correlated with the field measurement. The model surface roughness and different turbulence intensity flows were added to the test. The simulated results of the wind tunnel test agreed with the full-scale measurements in the mean surface pressure distribution behavior.
Keywords
chimney; full-scale measurement; Reynolds number; pressure; surface roughness; wind tunnel test;
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