scholarly journals Evaluation of Wind-Induced Response Bounds of High-Rise Buildings Based on a Nonrandom Interval Analysis Method

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Xianglei Wei ◽  
An Xu ◽  
Ruohong Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Wind Tunnel Test ◽  
Wind Load ◽  
Upper And Lower Bounds ◽  
Induced Response ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Interval Analysis Method

The traditional wind-induced response analysis of high-rise buildings conventionally considers the wind load as a stationary stochastic process. That is, for a certain wind direction angle, the reference wind speed (usually refers to the mean wind speed at the building height) is assumed to be a constant corresponding to a certain return period. Combined with the recorded data in wind tunnel test, the structural response can be computed using the random vibration theory. However, in the actual typhoon process, the average wind speed is usually time-variant. This paper combines the interval process model and the nonrandom vibration analysis method with the wind tunnel test and proposes a method for estimating the response boundary of the high-rise buildings under nonstationary wind loads. With the given upper and lower bounds of time-variant wind excitation, this method can provide an effective calculation tool for estimating wind-induced vibration bounds for high-rise buildings under nonstationary wind load. The Guangzhou East tower, which is 530 m high and the highest supertall building in Guangzhou, China, was taken as an example to show the effectiveness of the method. The obtained boundary response can help disaster prevention and control during the passage of typhoons.

Wind Resistance Research and Wind Tunnel Test of Large-Span Roof Based on Yancheng Financial Center

2013 ◽  
Vol 405-408 ◽  
pp. 1036-1040
Author(s):  
Fei Liu ◽  
Zhi Qiang Zhang ◽  
Zi Fen Fang
Keyword(s):  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Complex Shape ◽  
Wind Tunnel Test ◽  
Wind Load ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Induced Response ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
Building Structures ◽  
Large Span ◽  
Financial Center

A large number of buildings with large-span or complex-shape have come to the fore in recent years. To these structures, wind load tends to be control load in the structural design. Shape coefficient of wind load which Chinese load code for the design of building structures can provide is extremely limited due to complex-shape of long-span space structures, therefore carrying our related study is of great practical significance. Yancheng Financial Center model is established in this paper based on ETABS software. The acquired date in the use of wind tunnel test is to simulate wind load which is on the structure and to analysis stress distribution of critical element in order to ensure safety and applicability of structures. This paper mainly covers wind tunnel test, equivalent static wind load, and wind-induced response, etc.

scholarly journals Effect of Rotor Thrust on the Average Tower Drag of Downwind Turbines

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigeo Yoshida ◽  
Kazuyuki Fujii ◽  
Masahiro Hamasaki ◽  
Ao Takada
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Wind Tunnel Test ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Speed Distribution ◽  
Wind Speed Distribution ◽  
Strip Theory ◽  
Actuator Disc ◽  
Two Parameters ◽  
Blade Element

A new analysis method to calculate the rotor-induced average tower drag of downwind turbines in the blade element momentum (BEM) method was developed in this study. The method involves two parts: calculation of the wind speed distribution using computational fluid dynamics, with the rotor modeled as a uniform loaded actuator disc, and calculation of the tower drag via the strip theory. The latter calculation considers two parameters, that is, the decrease in wind speed and the pressure gradient caused by the rotor thrust. The present method was validated by a wind tunnel test. Unlike the former BEM, which assumes the tower drag to be constant, the results obtained by the proposed method demonstrate much better agreement with the results of the wind tunnel test, with an accuracy of 30%.

scholarly journals Investigation of the Time Dependence of Wind-Induced Aeroelastic Response on a Scale Model of a High-Rise Building

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 3315
Author(s):  
Fabio Rizzo
Keyword(s):  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Time Dependence ◽  
Wind Tunnel Test ◽  
Structural Response ◽  
Cumulative Distribution ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Acquisition Time ◽  
Test Results ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building

Experimental wind tunnel test results are affected by acquisition times because extreme pressure peak statistics depend on the length of acquisition records. This is also true for dynamic tests on aeroelastic models where the structural response of the scale model is affected by aerodynamic damping and by random vortex shedding. This paper investigates the acquisition time dependence of linear transformation through singular value decomposition (SVD) and its correlation with floor accelerometric signals acquired during wind tunnel aeroelastic testing of a scale model high-rise building. Particular attention was given to the variability of eigenvectors, singular values and the correlation coefficient for two wind angles and thirteen different wind velocities. The cumulative distribution function of empirical magnitudes was fitted with numerical cumulative density function (CDF). Kolmogorov–Smirnov test results are also discussed.

Wind Tunnel Test and the Analysis of Buffeting Performance of Free-Standing Tower of Cable-Stayed Bridge under Yaw Wind

2012 ◽  
Vol 532-533 ◽  
pp. 215-219
Author(s):  
Guo Hui Zhao ◽  
Yu Li ◽  
Hua Bai
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Wind Tunnel Test ◽  
Free Standing ◽  
Buffeting Response ◽  
Cable Stayed Bridge ◽  
Aeroelastic Model ◽  
Navigation Channel ◽  
Yaw Angle

The buffeting performance of free-standing tower of JiangHai Navigation Channel Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge, under yaw wind is investigated by means of wind tunnel test of aeroelastic model. It is found that the variation of buffeting response of free-standing tower with wind yaw angle is not monotonous. The lateral buffeting response on the top of the free-standing tower reach their minimal values and maximal values at around 150°and 180°of wind yaw angle respectively and the longitudinal buffeting response attain their maximal values at around 90°of wind yaw angle. Also, at the 2/3 height of the tower the lateral buffeting response and torsional buffeting response get their minimal values at around 150°of wind yaw angle, and at around 180°achieve the maximal values. It is also seen that, the buffeting response changes with the wind speed at a conic curve approximately.

scholarly journals Study of Wind Loads and Wind Speed Amplifications on High-Rise Building with Opening by Numerical Simulation and Wind Tunnel Test

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Fu-Bin Chen ◽  
Xiao-Lu Wang ◽  
Yun Zhao ◽  
Yuan-Bo Li ◽  
Qiu-Sheng Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Wind Speed ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Wind Pressure ◽  
Wind Loads ◽  
Structural Safety ◽  
Pressure Coefficients ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building ◽  
The Mean

High-rise buildings are very sensitive to wind excitations, and wind-induced responses have always been the key factors for structural design. Facade openings have often been used as aerodynamic measures for wind-resistant design of high-rise buildings to meet the requirement of structural safety and comfort. Obvious wind speed amplifications can also be observed inside the openings. Therefore, implementing wind turbines in the openings is of great importance for the utilization of abundant wind energy resources in high-rise buildings and the development of green buildings. Based on numerical simulation and wind tunnel testing, the wind loads and wind speed amplifications on high-rise buildings with openings are investigated in detail. The three-dimensional numerical simulation for wind effects on high-rise building with openings was firstly carried out on FLUENT 15.0 platform by SST k − ε model. The mean wind pressure coefficients and the wind flow characteristics were obtained. The wind speed amplifications at the opening were analyzed, and the distribution law of wind speed in the openings is presented. Meanwhile, a series of wind tunnel tests were conducted to assess the mean and fluctuating wind pressure coefficients in high-rise building models with various opening rates. The variation of wind pressure distribution at typical measuring layers with wind direction was analyzed. Finally, the wind speed amplifications in the openings were studied and verified by the numerical simulation results.

scholarly journals Wind Turbine Wake Modeling in Accelerating Wind Field: A Preliminary Study on a Two-Dimensional Hill

Fluids ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar M. A. M. Ibrahim ◽  
Shigeo Yoshida ◽  
Masahiro Hamasaki ◽  
Ao Takada
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Field ◽  
Complex Terrain ◽  
Wind Farm ◽  
Wind Tunnel Test ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Wake Model

Complex terrain can influence wind turbine wakes and wind speed profiles in a wind farm. Consequently, predicting the performance of wind turbines and energy production over complex terrain is more difficult than it is over flat terrain. In this preliminary study, an engineering wake model, that considers acceleration on a two-dimensional hill, was developed based on the momentum theory. The model consists of the wake width and wake wind speed. The equation to calculate the rotor thrust, which is calculated by the wake wind speed profiles, was also formulated. Then, a wind-tunnel test was performed in simple flow conditions in order to investigate wake development over a two-dimensional hill. After this the wake model was compared with the wind-tunnel test, and the results obtained by using the new wake model were close to the wind-tunnel test results. Using the new wake model, it was possible to estimate the wake shrinkage in an accelerating two-dimensional wind field.

scholarly journals Wind tunnel investigation on the dust emission characteristics of high moisture coal piles

2020 ◽  
Vol 145 ◽  
pp. 02019
Author(s):  
Ningning Hong ◽  
Shitao Peng ◽  
Hongxin Zhao ◽  
Ning Su
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
Coal Dust ◽  
Dust Emission ◽  
Wind Tunnel Test ◽  
High Moisture Content ◽  
High Moisture ◽  
Emission Behavior ◽  
The Relationship

With the increasing requirements of environmental protection, a large number of new wet dust suppression technologies are used in the port in recent years, such as watering at the bottom of the Dumper Shed, etc. So the moisture content of coal is more than 10% often appear. Relevant studies show that the amount of dust from coal (conventional moisture content) pile is directly proportional to the high power of wind speed. But studies on high moisture content coal are rare. In this study, Wind tunnel test was carried out to study the dust emission behavior of coal with high moisture content (13.7% and 14.3%). The results show that the relationship between coal dust and wind speed tends to be linear under high moisture content. The study can provide a basis research for the estimation of coal dust emission in port.

Aerodynamic Shape Optimization of Shenzhen Kingkey Financial Tower

2011 ◽  
Vol 71-78 ◽  
pp. 4005-4008
Author(s):  
Bi Qing Shi ◽  
Zhuang Ning Xie ◽  
Zhen Hua Ni
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Shape Optimization ◽  
Structural Design ◽  
Wind Load ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Aerodynamic Shape Optimization ◽  
Aerodynamic Shape ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Building Shape

A study of approach aerodynamic shape optimization of a high-rise building, Shenzhen Kingkey financial tower, was performed in a boundary layer wind tunnel at Shantou University. Building shape has significant effects on the wind load forcing on the structure. The peak overturning moments about x-axis and the peak accelerations at the top of building are presented in this paper. Compared with the experimental results, one case is considered as the optimal case for structural design.

Wind Load on Complex-Shape Building

2010 ◽  
Vol 163-167 ◽  
pp. 4389-4394
Author(s):  
Cheng Qi Wang ◽  
Zheng Liang Li ◽  
Zhi Tao Yan ◽  
Qi Ke Wei
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Negative Pressure ◽  
Complex Shape ◽  
Wind Tunnel Test ◽  
Wind Load ◽  
Negative Pressures ◽  
Windward Surface

Wind load on complex-shape building, the wind tunnel test and numerical simulation were carried out. The two technologies supplement each other and their results meet well. There are mainly positive pressures on the windward surface, negative pressures on the roof, the leeward surface and the side. Especially, negative pressure is higher in the leeward region of the building corner. Its effect induced by the shape of the complex-shape building is remarkable.

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