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Wind characteristics in the high-altitude difference at bridge site by wind tunnel tests

  • Zhang, Mingjin;Zhang, Jinxiang;Li, Yongle;Yu, Jisheng;Zhang, Jingyu;Wu, Lianhuo
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.547-558
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    • 2020
  • With the development of economy and construction technology, more and more bridges are built in complex mountainous areas. Accurate assessment of wind parameters is important in bridge construction at complex terrain. In order to investigate the wind characteristics in the high-altitude difference area, a complex mountain terrain model with the scale of 1:2000 was built. By using the method of wind tunnel tests, the study of wind characteristics including mean wind characteristics and turbulence characteristics was carried out. The results show: The wind direction is affected significant by the topography, the dominant wind direction is usually parallel to the river. Due to the sheltering effect of the mountain near the bridge, the wind speed and wind attack angle along the bridge are both uneven which is different from that at flat terrain. In addition, different from flat terrain, the wind attack angle is mostly negative. The wind profiles obey exponential law and logarithmic law. And the fitting coefficient is consistent with the code which means that it is feasible to use the method of wind tunnel test to simulate complex terrain. As for turbulence characteristics, the turbulence intensity is also related to the topography. Increases sheltering effect of mountain increases the degree of breaking up the large-scale vortices, thereby increasing the turbulence intensity. Also, the value of turbulence intensity ratio is different from the recommended values in the code. The conclusions of this study can provide basis for further wind resistance design of the bridge.

The Effect of Wind Load on the Stability of a Container Crane (풍하중이 컨테이너 크레인의 안정성에 미치는 영향 분석)

  • Lee Seong Wook;Shim Jae Joon;Han Dong Seop;Park Jong Seo;Han Geun Jo;Lee Kwon Soon;Kim Tae Hyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.148-155
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    • 2005
  • This study was carried out to analyze the effect of direction of wind load and machinery house location on the stability of container crane loading/unloading a container on a vessel. The overturning moment of container crane under wind load at 50m/s velocity was estimated by analyzing reaction forces at each supporting point. And variations of reaction forces at each supporting point of a container crane were analyzed according to direction of wind load and machinery house location. The critical location of machinery house was also investigated to install a tie-down which has an anti-overturning function of container crane at the land side supporting point.

Analysis of Sea Surface Wind over the Complex Coastal Area Using SAR images (SAR영상에 의한 복잡해안지역 해상풍 분석)

  • Hwang, Hyo-Jung;Kim, Hyun-Goo
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.482-483
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    • 2009
  • This paper is foundation paper about national wind map verification using remote sensing, based on analysis of comparison between numerical simulation and remote sensing on complex coastal area of regional coast. As a result analysis using NCAR/NCEP, wind direction of numerical simulation and remote sensing is same. but, wind direction of some case is showed different. Such as this result, if it would be used without verification of analyzed data, present ability of occurring lots of error, and it will be verified based on using survey data or atmospheric data.

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Impact of the Aerodynamic Characteristics of Twin Buildings on Wind Responses (트윈 빌딩의 공력 특성이 풍응답에 미치는 영향 평가)

  • Kim, Bub-Ryur
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2020
  • The wind responses of twin buildings are determined by the characteristics of wind loads and the dynamic characteristics of the structural systems of the buildings. In this study, the characteristics of wind pressure that influence wind responses were identified for two different spacings between the twin buildings using a wind tunnel test and the proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) method. Structural dynamic characteristics were also identified using 3D structural system modeling. The double modal transformation method was utilized to evaluate the characteristics of wind pressure for across-wind and along-wind conditions and the effect of the dynamic characteristics of each structure on the wind responses. The channeling and vortex effects were identified through the POD method. Across-wind loads were significantly affected by the spacings between the twin buildings, whereas along-wind loads were minimally affected. Similarly, while using the double modal transformation method, a significant difference was noticed in case of the cross-participation coefficients in the across-wind direction condition for the different spacings between the buildings; however, the along-wind direction condition showed negligible difference. Therefore, the spacing between the two buildings plays a more important role in across-wind responses compared to along-wind responses.

Wind loads for high-solidity open-frame structures

  • Amoroso, Samuel D.;Levitan, Marc L.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.1-14
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    • 2011
  • Open frame structures, such as those commonly found in industrial process facilities, are often densely occupied with process related equipment. This paper presents a method for estimating wind loads for high-solidity open frame structures that differs from current approaches, which accumulate wind load contributions from various individual structure components. The method considers the structure as a porous block of arbitrary plan dimension that is subject to wind from any direction. The proposed method compares favorably with wind tunnel test results for similar structures. The possibility of defining an upper bound force coefficient is also discussed.

Power Coefficient and Pressure Distributions on Blade Surfaces of a Wind Turbine with Tiltable Blades by 3D Simulations (날개 틸팅형 풍력발전기의 출력과 날개 표면의 압력분포에 대한 3차원 유동 해석)

  • Jeong, Chang-Do;Bae, Hyunwoo;Sung, Jaeyong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Geothermal and Hydrothermal Energy
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2020
  • In this study, a new shape of wind turbine with horizontal axis has been proposed. The proposed wind turbine has two pairs of 3 tiltable blades which minimizes air resistance during the reverse rotational direction. Under a given wind speed, 3D numerical simulations on tiltable blades were performed for various TSRs(tip-speed-ratios). Four cases of rotational position was considered to analyze the torque and wind power generated on the blade surfaces. The results show that the maximum wind power occurs at the TSR of 0.2. Due to the blade tilting, the wind passes through the blade without air resistance at the reverse rotational direction. The torque is mainly caused by pressure differences between the front and rear surface of the blade, and it becomes maximum when the blade is located at the azimuth angle of 330°.

Sensitivity Analysis of the Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling through the Condition of Input Variable (입력변수의 조건에 따른 대기확산모델의 민감도 분석)

  • Chung Jin-Do;Kim Jang-Woo;Kim Jung-Tae
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.14 no.9
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    • pp.851-860
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    • 2005
  • In order to how well predict ISCST3(lndustrial Source Complex Short Term version 3) model dispersion of air pollutant at point source, sensitivity was analysed necessary parameters change. ISCST3 model is Gaussian plume model. Model calculation was performed with change of the wind speed, atmospheric stability and mixing height while the wind direction and ambient temperature are fixed. Fixed factors are wind direction as the south wind(l80") and temperature as 298 K(25 "C). Model's sensitivity is analyzed as wind speed, atmospheric stability and mixing height change. Data of stack are input by inner diameter of 2m, stack height of 30m, emission temperature of 40 "C, outlet velocity of 10m/s. On the whole, main factor which affects in atmospheric dispersion is wind speed and atmospheric stability at ISCST3 model. However it is effect of atmospheric stability rather than effect of distance downwind. Factor that exert big influence in determining point of maximum concentration is wind speed. Meanwhile, influence of mixing height is a little or almost not.

Sensitivity Analysis of Indoor Environment Factors along with Changes of Outdoor Air Condition (외기상태의 변화에 따른 실내 환경인자의 민감도 분석)

  • Cho, Seok-Ho
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.125-136
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    • 2010
  • The most important factors relating to the indoor air environment are temperature, airflow, humidity, and contaminant concentration. A sensitivity analysis of indoor environment factors was carried out to grasp influences along with changes of atmospheric conditions. An integrated multizone model was used to predict these sensitivities. This model was applied to an apartment with six zones. Airflow rates are influenced very seriously by changes of wind direct or wind velocity, but are influenced very slightly by changes of outdoor air temperature and are not influenced at all by changes of outdoor air humidity or contaminant concentration. Indoor air temperatures are influenced very directly by changes of outdoor air temperature, but are influenced very slightly by wind direction or wind velocity and are not influenced at all by changes of outdoor air humidity or contaminant concentration. Indoor air humidities are influenced very directly by changes of outdoor air humidity, but are not influenced at all by changes of outdoor air contaminant concentration and have little or no influence by changes of wind direction, wind velocity, or outdoor air temperature. Indoor air contaminant concentrations are influenced very seriously by changes of wind direct or wind velocity, but are influenced somewhat by changes of outdoor air contaminant concentration and are influenced very slightly by changes of outdoor air temperature and are not influenced at all by changes of outdoor air humidity.

Analyzing the effect on a Structural Stability of a Container Crane according to an Increased Wind velocity (풍속 증가에 따른 풍하중이 컨테이너 크레인의 구조 안정성에 미치는 영향)

  • Kwon S.K.;Han G.J.;Han D.S.;Lee S.W.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.373-374
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    • 2006
  • This study is carried out to analyze the stability of a container crane in according to the change of a wind direction and a machinery house location when a wind load of a wind velocity, 75m/s was applied on the state stowing a container crane by a heavy wind. A design wind load applied to this study was calculated in observance of 'Load Criteria of Building Structure'. And we analyzed the reactions of each supporting points according to appling a wind direction to an interval of $10^{\circ}\;in\;0^{\circ}{\sim}180^{\circ}$ and the structure stability of a container crane according to changing a machinery house. location occupying 15% of a container crane weight. From a results of this study, we presented a design criteria of an overturning disturbance equipment, tie-down.

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Refined numerical simulation in wind resource assessment

  • Cheng, Xue-Ling;Li, Jun;Hu, Fei;Xu, Jingjing;Zhu, Rong
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.59-74
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    • 2015
  • A coupled model system for Wind Resource Assessment (WRA) was studied. Using a mesoscale meteorological model, the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, global-scale data were downscaled to the inner nested grid scale (typically a few kilometers), and then through the coupling Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) mode, FLUENT. High-resolution results (50 m in the horizontal direction; 10 m in the vertical direction below 150 m) of the wind speed distribution data and ultimately refined wind farm information, were obtained. The refined WRF/FLUENT system was then applied to assess the wind resource over complex terrain in the northern Poyang Lake region. The results showed that the approach is viable for the assessment of wind energy.