Renovation of the Existing Lighthouse for New Radar System in the Gulf of Thailand
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Samard Buddee
(FSE Consultant Co., Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand)
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Engineering the Future, Vancouver, Canada, 21-23 September 2017 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Vancouver 2017 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 1241-1248 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2017 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/vancouver.2017.1241 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The new radar system mainly consists of a 5.7-meter-long SCANTER antenna, a 1.2-meter- diameter microwave dish and a 5.0-meter-high lightning protection rod, which are supported by a new steel structure located on the roof of the lighthouse. These additional loads are transferred directly to the existing interior columns under the roof. Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity (UPV) testing was conducted to investigate the strength and reliability of the existing lighthouse structures, and found that certain improvements to the existing structures had to be made. Ultimately, the structural engineer decided to strengthen these structures by covering them with glass fibre reinforcements in order to extend the lifespan of these structures for the new radar system. |
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| Keywords: |
renovation existing lighthouse new radar system strengthen glass fibre reinforced polymer marine condition additional loads
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