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The method using dynamic load and static load figures out gust factor of the membrane structure (동적하중과 정적하중을 이용한 막구조의 거스트 계수 산출 방법)

  • Wang, Ben-Gang;Jeong, Jae-Yong;You, Ki-Pyo;Kim, Young-Moon
    • Proceeding of KASS Symposium
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.19-24
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    • 2008
  • The thesis is for gust factor needing when calculate the wind resistance design. For the gust factor, to the membrane structural model, carry through the wind tunnel test and the static load test. Therefore, at first through the tensile test of the fabric material, designate the material of the membrane structural model. Then, to saddle, wave, arch and point four kinds of basic shape membrane structural models, carry on the wind tunnel test, determine their dynamic load and distortion on lateral direction. Finally, according to distort situation of the membrane structure in the wind tunnel test, carry on the static load experiment outside of the wind tunnel, calculate static load which corresponding with distort. According to dynamic load and the static load, figure out gust factor of these kinds of basic membrane structure.

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Load-carrying Capacities of Safety Structures on Wind-resistant Analyses of Cable-stayed Bridge (사장교의 내풍해석을 통한 인명보호 구조물의 내하능력평가)

  • Huh, Taik-Nyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.25 no.4_2
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    • pp.587-594
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    • 2022
  • In the 2000s, a lot of cable-type grand bridges are being built in consideration of economic aspects such as the reduction of logistics costs and the distribution of traffic volume due to rapid economic development. In addition, because the recently installed grand bridges are designed in an aesthetic form that matches the surrounding environment as well as the original function of the road bridge, and serves as a milestone in an area and is used as an excellent tourism resource, attracting many vehicles and people, there is an urgent need for a safety structure that can ensure the safety of not only vehicles but also people. In order to make cable-stayed bridge safe on wind for additional five safety structures, main girder models with and without safety structures for wind-tunnel experiments was made, and wind tunnel experiments was carried out to measure aerodynamic force coefficients. Also, wind-resistant analyses of 3D cable-stayed bridge were performed on the basis of wind-tunnel experiment results. From the wind tunnel experiments for the aerodynamic force coefficients of main girder with five safety structures and the wind resistant analyses of cable-stayed bridge without safety structure and with safety structure, it was concluded that the best form of wind-resistant safety was shown in the order of mesh, standard, bracing, hollow, and closed type. And wind-resistant safety of cable-stayed bridge with hollow and closed type on design wind speed 68.0m/sec was not secured. Finally, as five safety structures are installed, maximum rate of stress increments was shown in the order of steel main beam, steel floor beam, concrete floor beam and cables.

Operational Vibration Experiment and Analysis of a Small Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Considering the Effect of Tower Stiffness (타워강성 효과를 고려한 소형 수직축 풍력발전기 운전 진동실험 및 해석)

  • Choo, Heon-Ho;Sim, Jae-Park;Ryu, Gyeong-Joong;Kim, Dong-Hyun;Kim, Bong-Yung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2011.10a
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    • pp.602-606
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    • 2011
  • In this study, operational vibration experiment and analysis have been conducted for the 4-blade small vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) including the effect of tower elastic behavior. Computational structural dynamics analysis method is applied to obtain Campbell diagram for the VAWT with elastic tower. An open type wind-tunnel is used to change and keep the wind velocity during the ground test. Equivalent reduced elastic tower is supported to the VAWT so that the elastic stiffness effect of the tower can be reflected to the present vibration experiment. Various excitation sources with aerodynamic forces are considered and the dominant operating vibration phenomena are physically investigated in detail.

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Systematic influence of wind incident directions on wind circulation in the re-entrant corners of high-rise buildings

  • Qureshi, M. Zahid Iqbal;Chan, A.L.S.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.409-428
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    • 2016
  • The mechanical and aerodynamic effect of building shape plays a dominate role in the pedestrian level wind environment. These effects have been presented in numerous studies and are available in many wind codes. However, most studies have focused on wind flow around conventional buildings and are limited to few wind directions. The present study investigated wind circulation in the re-entrant corners of cross-shaped high-rise buildings from various wind directions. The investigation focused on the pedestrian level wind environment in the re-entrant corners with different aspect ratios of building arrangements. Ninety cases of case study arrangements were evaluated using wind tunnel experimentation. The results show that for adequate wind circulation in the re-entrant corners, building orientations and separations play a critical role. Furthermore, in normal wind incident directions and at a high aspect ratio, poor wind flow was observed in the re-entrant corners. Moreover, it was noted that an optimized building orientation and aspect ratio significantly improved the wind flow in re-entrant corners and through passages. In addition, it was observed that oblique wind incident direction increased wind circulation in the re-entrant corners and through passages.

Wind Tunnel Experiments for Studying Atmospheric Dispersion in the Complex Terrain II. Gaussian Modeling of Experiments in a Moutainous Area (복잡한 지형내 오염물질의 대기확산 풍동실험 I I. 산지지형 실험의 Gaussian 모델링)

  • 김영성;경남호
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.145-152
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    • 1995
  • Predictability of a Gaussian model, ISCST2 was assessed by scaling up wind tunnel experiments with a 1/3,000 terrain model to the real scale. Concentration profiles obtained from the flat-terrain experiment in the neutral condition were estimated to be in agreement with the calculated ones from ISCST2 in the stability class A, but the difference between the two was still large. Concentration profiles from the mountainous-terrain experiments were better fitted to the calculated ones primarily because in the experiment, concentration behind the source was raised due to the effect of a hill in the upstream side. Model prediction was improved with including the downwash effect of buildings and the hill, but overall concentration profiles were not much different from a typical Gaussian profile. While concentration profiles in the experiments were changed with local flows by varying the wind direction and the topography, those from the Gaussian modeling were mot freely changed together with these variations.

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Application of Free Oscillation Technique for Yawing Dynamic Stability Derivatives in Yaw (요 동안정미계수 측정을 위한 자유진동기법의 적용)

  • 조환기;백승욱
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.62-71
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    • 2002
  • A free oscillation technique for obtaining the dynamic stability derivatives in yaw is applied to the pure yawing motion. The procedure of wind tunnel testing is to compute the derivatives after measuring deflecting angles of the model during the free oscillating motion. The charging compressed air is supplied for the initial excitation. The results of this experiment predicted feasible characteristics of the yawing motion, comparing with the data previously reported in the literature.

Influences of Ieodo Ocean Research Station on the Ambient Wind Field (이어도 해양과학기지가 주변 바람장에 미치는 영향)

  • 심재설;오병철;전인식
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.138-142
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    • 2003
  • Influences of Ieodo Ocean Research Station(IORS) on the ambient wind field were investigated through a wind tunnel experiment. To secure accurate wind speeds and directions, distortions due to the structure itself on which wind-measuring devices are to be installed should be taken into account. It was shown that the wind speed ratio was sensitive to wind direction and measuring position rather than approaching wind speed. The wind speed ratios measured at main wind tower were more than B .0 in every approaching direction, and the distortion of wind direction was under 6$^{\circ}$.

Optimum Structural Design of a Triaxial Load Cell for Wind Tunnel Test (풍동용 3 축 로드셀의 구조최적설계)

  • Lee, Jae-Hoon;Song, Chang-Kon;Park, Seong-Hun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.226-232
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    • 2011
  • In this study, an optimized design of a triaxial load cell has been developed by the use of finite element analysis, design of experiment and response surface method. The developed optimal design was further validated by both stress-strain analysis and natural vibration analysis under an applied load of 30 kgf. When vertical, horizontal, and axial loads of 30 kgf were applied to the load cell with the optimal design, the calculated strains were satisfied with the required strain range of $500{\times}10^{-6}{\pm}10%$. The natural vibration analysis exhibited that the fundamental natural frequency of the optimally designed load cell was 5.56 kHz and higher enough than a maximum frequency of 0.17 kHz which can be applied to the load cell for wind-tunnel tests. The satisfactory sensitivity in all triaxial directions also suggests that the currently proposed design of the triaxial load cell enables accurate measurements of the multi-axial forces in wind-tunnel tests.

Verification of drag-reduction capabilities of stiff compliant coatings in air flow at moderate speeds

  • Boiko, Andrey V.;Kulik, Victor M.;Chun, Ho-Hwan;Lee, In-Won
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.242-253
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    • 2011
  • Skin frictional drag reduction efficiency of "stiff" compliant coating was investigated in a wind tunnel experiment. Flat plate compliant coating inserts were installed in a wind tunnel and the measurements of skin frictional drag and velocity field were carried out. The compliant coatings with varying viscoelastic properties had been prepared using different composition. In order to optimize the coating thickness, the most important design parameter, the dynamic viscoelastic properties had been determined experimentally. The aging of the materials (variation of their properties) during half a year was documented as well. A design procedure proposed by Kulik et al. (2008) was applied to get an optimal value for the coating thickness. Along with the drag measurement using the strain balance, velocity and pressure were measured for different coatings. The compliant coatings with the thickness h = 7mm achieved 4~5% drag reduction within a velocity range 30~40 m/s. The drag reduction mechanism of the attenuation of turbulence velocity fluctuations due to the compliant coating was demonstrated. It is envisioned that larger drag reduction effect is obtainable at higher flow velocities for high speed trains and subsonic aircrafts.

Measurement of Velocity Field Change around Stern of LNG Carrier Double Body Model by Propeller (프로펠러에 의한 LNG 운반선 이중모형 선미의 속도변화 계측)

  • Kim, Byong-June;Choi, Soon-Ho;Kim, Hyoung-Tae;Van, Suak-Ho
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.42 no.5 s.143
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    • pp.448-457
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    • 2005
  • The experiment was performed at the large wind tunnel of the Chungnam National University to measure the velocity distribution around the stern of a Liquefied Natural Gas Carrier model. The data, mean velocity vectors of turbulent shear flows at the stern and near-wake including the propeller plane, were obtained by a five-hole Pilot tube for the double body model fixed inside the wind tunnel test section. The present result of the double body model shows a close agreement with the result of the lowing tank experiment performed by the KRISO for the same ship model. The characteristics of the LNG stern flow are discussed based on the measured velocity distribution. The data can be very useful for the validation of some numerical methods in computational fluid dynamics.