Role of Wind Tunnels in Assessing Wind Effects on Long Span Roofs
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
K. Suresh Kumar
B. Venu Kumar C. Cini |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Long Span Bridges and Roofs - Development, Design and Implementation, Kolkata, India, 24-27 September 2013 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Kolkata 2013 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 1-8 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2013 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137813808627613 | ||||
| Abstract: |
Similar to bridges, long span roofs of stadium/airports/arena are susceptible to wind-induced vibrations. Though expected mean wind speed at such low heights is not significant, associated turbulence fluctuations will be higher at low heights. Further, any complex roof geometry can alter the wind effects considerably and the prediction of such effects may require a model scale study in the wind tunnel. The role of wind tunnels in assessing the wind effects on long span roofs is described in this paper with the help of few case studies. |
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| Keywords: |
wind tunnels wind effects Long span roofs
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