• 제목/요약/키워드: Wind tunnel testing

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십자형 낙하산의 방향 제어에 관한 풍동시험 연구 (A Wind Tunnel Test for Directional Control of Cruciform Parachutes)

  • 임주창;김범수
    • 한국항공우주학회지
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    • 제34권9호
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    • pp.20-24
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    • 2006
  • 기본적인 십자형 낙하산과 새롭게 고안된 십자형 낙하산의 활강 및 회전 성능을 풍동실험을 통해 정성적으로 비교하여 보았다. 실험 비교 결과 새로이 고안된 낙하산의 활강 성능은 기본 십자형보다 좋았으나 회전 성능은 보다 떨어졌다.

Study of wind tunnel test results of high-rise buildings compared to different design codes

  • Badri, Abdulmonem A.;Hussein, Manar M.;Attia, Walid A.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • 제20권5호
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    • pp.623-642
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    • 2015
  • Several international codes have been developed for evaluating wind loads on structures; however, the wind structure interaction could not be accurately captured by these codes due to the gusty nature of wind and the dynamic behavior of structures. Therefore, the alternative wind tunnel testing was introduced. In this study, an introduction to the available approaches for wind load calculations for tall buildings was presented. Then, a comparative study between different codes: the Egyptian code, ECP 201-08, ASCE 7-05, BS 6399-2, and wind tunnel test results was conducted. An investigation has been carried out on two case studies tall buildings located within the Arabian Gulf region. Numerical models using (ETABS) software were produced to obtain the relation between codes analytical values and wind tunnel experimental test results for wind loads in the along and across wind directions. Results for the main structural responses including stories forces, shears, overturning moments, lateral displacements, and drifts were presented graphically in order to give clear comparison between the studied methods. The conclusions and recommendations for future works obtained from this research are finally presented to help improving Egyptian code provisions and show limitations for different cases.

Wind load on irregular plan shaped tall building - a case study

  • Chakraborty, Souvik;Dalui, Sujit Kumar;Ahuja, Ashok Kumar
    • Wind and Structures
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    • 제19권1호
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    • pp.59-73
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    • 2014
  • This paper presents the results of wind tunnel studies and numerical studies on a '+' plan shaped tall building. The experiment was carried out in an open circuit wind tunnel on a 1:300 scale rigid model. The mean wind pressure coefficients on all the surfaces were studied for wind incidence angle of $0^{\circ}$ and $45^{\circ}$. Certain faces were subjected to peculiar pressure distribution due to irregular formation of eddies caused by the separation of wind flow. Moreover, commercial CFD packages of ANSYS were used to demonstrate the flow pattern around the model and pressure distribution on various faces. k-${\varepsilon}$ and SST viscosity models were used for numerical study to simulate the wind flow. Although there are some differences on certain wall faces, the numerical result is having a good agreement with the experimental results for both wind incidence angle.

풍하중에 의한 건물내부 압력의 동적변화에 관한 연구 (Wind Tunnel Investigation of Fluctuating Pressure inside Building)

  • Kyoung-Hoon Rhee
    • 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국전산구조공학회 1990년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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    • pp.63-68
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    • 1990
  • The nature of fluctuating air pressure inside building was studied by testing a building model in a wind tunnel. The model has a single room and a sin81e window opening. Various opening conditions were tested in both laminar uniform wind and turbulent boundary-layer wind. The RMS and the spectra of the fluctuating internal pressure were measured. The test results support a recent theory which predicts the behavior of internal pressure under high wind based on aerodynamic analysis.

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Wind-induced response and loads for the Confederation Bridge -Part II: derivation of wind loads

  • Bakht, Bilal;King, J. Peter C.;Bartlett, F.M.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • 제16권4호
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    • pp.393-409
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    • 2013
  • This paper uses ten years of on-site monitoring data for the Confederation Bridge to derive wind loads and investigate whether the bridge has experienced its design wind force effects since its completion in 1997. The load effects derived using loads from the on-site monitoring data are compared to the load effects derived using loads from the 1994 and 2009 wind tunnel aerodynamic model tests. The research shows, for the first time, that the aerodynamic model-based methodology originally developed in 1994 is a very accurate method for deriving wind loads for structural design. The research also confirms that the bridge has not experienced its specified (i.e., unfactored) wind force effects since it was opened to traffic in 1997, even during the most severe event that has occurred during this period.

아음속풍동 시험에서의 불확도 해석 (Uncertainty Analysis for Subsonic Wind Tunnel Testing)

  • 권기정;성봉주
    • 한국항공우주학회지
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    • 제30권4호
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    • pp.123-130
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    • 2002
  • 아음속풍동을 이용한 항공기 모델의 공력 측정 시험에 있어 시험 모델의 제작에서부터 자료 획득, 처리 및 표현에 이르는 일련의 모든 과정은 오차를 수반하고 있다. 따라서 시험에서 얻어진 최종적인 공력 결과를 신뢰하고 실제 항공기의 공력 특성으로 사용하기 위해서는 측정결과에 대한 불확도 정도를 알아야 한다. 본 논문에서는 아음속풍동 시험에서 공력 계수 측정에 적용되는 불확도 분석 및 표현 방법에 대하여 나타내었다.

스마트 무인기 TR-S2 형상의 정적 풍동시험 (Static Wind Tunnel Test of Smart Un-manned Aerial Vehicle(SUAV) for TR-S2 Configuration)

  • 최성욱;조태환;정진덕
    • 대한기계학회논문집B
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    • 제29권6호
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    • pp.755-762
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    • 2005
  • To evaluate the aerodynamic efficiency of TR-S2 configuration designed by SUDC, wind tunnel tests of $40\%$ scaled model were done in KARI LSWT. The aerodynamic characteristics of plain and Semi-Slotted Flaperon were compared, and vortex generators were installed to improve flow pattern along the wing surface. Effects of the control surface such as elevator, rudder, aileron, and incidence angle of horizontal tail are measured for various testing conditions. Test results showed that Semi-Slotted Flaperon produced more favorable lift, lift/drag, and stall margins and application of vortex generator would be best choice to enhance wing performance. Longitudinal, lateral and directional characteristics of TR-S2 were found to be stable for the pitch and yaw motions.

The Effect of Folding Wing on Aerodynamics and Power Consumption of a Flapping Wing

  • Lee, Seunghee;Han, Cheolheui
    • International Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • 제3권2호
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    • pp.26-30
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    • 2016
  • Experimental study on the unsteady aerodynamics analysis and power consumption of a folding wing is accomplished using a wind tunnel testing. A folding wing model is fabricated and actuated using servo motors. The flapping wing consists of an inboard main wing and an outboard folding wing. The aerodynamic forces and consumed powers of the flapping wing are measured by changing the flapping and folding wings inside a low-speed wind tunnel. In order to calculate the aerodynamic forces, the measured forces are modified using static test data. It was found that the effect of the folding wing on the flapping wing's total lift is small but the effect of the folding wing on the total thrust is larger than the main wing. The folding motion requires the extra use of the servo motor. Thus, the amount of the energy consumption increases when both the wings are actuated together. As the flight speed increases, the power consumption of the folding wing decreases which results in energy saving.

Simulated tropical cyclonic winds for low cycle fatigue loading of steel roofing

  • Henderson, David J.;Ginger, John D.;Morrison, Murray J.;Kopp, Gregory A.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • 제12권4호
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    • pp.383-400
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    • 2009
  • Low rise building roofs can be subjected to large fluctuating pressures during a tropical cyclone resulting in fatigue failure of cladding. Following the damage to housing in Tropical Cyclone Tracy in Darwin, Australia, the Darwin Area Building Manual (DABM) cyclic loading test criteria, that loaded the cladding for 10000 cycles oscillating from zero to a permissible stress design pressure, and the Experimental Building Station TR440 test of 10200 load cycles which increased in steps to the permissible stress design pressure, were developed for assessing building elements susceptible to low cycle fatigue failure. Recently the 'Low-High-Low' (L-H-L) cyclic test for metal roofing was introduced into the Building Code of Australia (2007). Following advances in wind tunnel data acquisition and full-scale wind loading simulators, this paper presents a comparison of wind-induced cladding damage, from a "design" cyclone proposed by Jancauskas, et al. (1994), with current test criteria developed by Mahendran (1995). Wind tunnel data were used to generate the external and net pressure time histories on the roof of a low-rise building during the passage of the "design" cyclone. The peak pressures generated at the windward roof corner for a tributary area representative of a cladding fastener are underestimated by the Australian/New Zealand Wind Actions Standard. The "design" cyclone, with increasing and decreasing wind speeds combined with changes in wind direction, generated increasing then decreasing pressures in a manner similar to that specified in the L-H-L test. However, the L-H-L test underestimated the magnitude and number of large load cycles, but overestimated the number of cycles in the mid ranges. Cladding elements subjected to the L-H-L test showed greater fatigue damage than when experiencing a five hour "design" cyclone containing higher peak pressures. It is evident that the increased fatigue damage was due to the L-H-L test having a large number of load cycles cycling from zero load (R=0) in contrast to that produced during the cyclone.

Advances in the design of high-rise structures by the wind tunnel procedure: Conceptual framework

  • Simiu, Emil;Yeo, DongHun
    • Wind and Structures
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    • 제21권5호
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    • pp.489-503
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    • 2015
  • This paper surveys and complements contributions by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to techniques ensuring that the wind tunnel procedure for the design of high-rise structures is based on sound methods and allows unambiguous inter-laboratory comparisons. Developments that enabled substantial advances in these techniques include: Instrumentation for simultaneously measuring pressures at multiple taps; time-domain analysis methods for estimating directional dynamic effects; creation of large simulated extreme directional wind speed data sets; non-parametric methods for estimating mean recurrence intervals (MRIs) of Demand-to-Capacity Indexes (DCIs); and member sizing based on peak DCIs with specified MRIs. To implement these advances changes are needed in the traditional division of tasks between wind and structural engineers. Wind engineers should provide large sets of directional wind speeds, pressure coefficient time series, and estimates of uncertainties in wind speeds and pressure coefficients. Structural engineers should perform the dynamic analyses, estimates of MRIs of wind effects, sensitivity studies, and iterative sizing of structural members. The procedure is transparent, eliminates guesswork inherent in frequency domain methods and due to the lack of pressure measurements, and enables structural engineers to be in full control of the structural design for wind.