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http://dx.doi.org/10.12652/Ksce.2014.34.5.1353

Structural Performance Evaluation of Floating PV Power Generation Structure System  

Choi, Jin Woo (ISIS E&C Co., Ltd.)
Seo, Su Hong (ISIS E&C Co., Ltd.)
Joo, Hyung Joong (ISIS E&C Co., Ltd.)
Yoon, Soon Jong (Hongik University)
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KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research / v.34, no.5, 2014 , pp. 1353-1362 More about this Journal
Abstract
In recent years, numerous environmental problems associated with the excessive use of fossil fuel are taking place. For an alternative energy resource, the importance of renewable energy and the demands of facilities to generate renewable energy are continuously rising. To satisfy such demands, a large number of photovoltaic energy generation structures are constructed and planned with large scale. However, because these facility zones are mostly constructed on land, some troubles are occurred such as rising of construction cost due to the cost of land use, environmental devastation, etc. To solve such problems, the floating type photovoltaic energy generation system using FRP members have been developed in Korea. FRP members are recently available in civil engineering applications due to many advantages such as high strength, corrosion resistance, light weight, etc. and they are suitable to fabricate the floating structures because of their material properties. In this study, the analytical and experimental investigations to evaluate the structural performance of floating PV generation structure and SMC FRP vertical member which is used to fabricate the structure were conducted. The static and dynamic performances of floating PV generation structure are evaluated through the FE analysis and the experiment, respectively. Moreover, the structural safety evaluation and buckling analysis of SMC FRP vertical compression member are also conducted by the FE analysis, and the structural behavior of SMC FRP member under compression and pullout is investigated by the experiments. From this study, it was found that the structural system composed of pultruded FRP and SMC FRP members are safe enough to resist externally applied loads.
Keywords
Floating PV generation structure; FRP; Compression behavior; Experiment; Safety; Buckling;
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