The influence of model surface roughness on wind loads of the RC chimney by comparing the full-scale measurements and wind tunnel simulations

Chern-Hwa Chen,Cheng-Hsin Chang,Yuh-Yi Lin 한국풍공학회 2013 Wind and Structures, An International Journal (WAS Vol.16 No.2

A wind tunnel test of a scaled-down model and field measurement were effective methods for elucidating the aerodynamic behavior of a chimney under a wind load. Therefore, the relationship between the results of the wind tunnel test and the field measurement had to be determined. Accordingly, the set-up and testing method in the wind tunnel had to be modified from the field measurement to simulate the real behavior of a chimney under the wind flow with a larger Reynolds number. It enabled the results of the wind tunnel tests to be correlated with the field measurement. The model surface roughness and different turbulence intensity flows were added to the test. The simulated results of the wind tunnel test agreed with the full-scale measurements in the mean surface pressure distribution behavior.

Comparison between wind load by wind tunnel test and in-site measurement of long-span spatial structure

Liu, Hui,Qu, Wei-Lian,Li, Qiu-Sheng Techno-Press 2011 Wind and Structures, An International Journal (WAS Vol.14 No.4

The full-scale measurements are compared with the wind tunnel test results for the long-span roof latticed spatial structure of Shenzhen Citizen Center. A direct comparison of model testing results to full-scale measurements is always desirable, not only in validating the experimental data and methods but also in providing better understanding of the physics such as Reynolds numbers and scale effects. Since the quantity and location of full-scale measurements points are different from those of the wind tunnel tests taps, the weighted proper orthogonal decomposition technique is applied to the wind pressure data obtained from the wind tunnel tests to generate a time history of wind load vector, then loads acted on all the internal nodes are obtained by interpolation technique. The nodal mean wind pressure coefficients, root-mean-square of wind pressure coefficients and wind pressure power spectrum are also calculated. The time and frequency domain characteristics of full-scale measurements wind load are analyzed based on filtered data-acquisitions. In the analysis, special attention is paid to the distributions of the mean wind pressure coefficients of center part of Shenzhen Citizen Center long-span roof spatial latticed structure. Furthermore, a brief discussion about difference between the wind pressure power spectrum from the wind tunnel experiments and that from the full-scale in-site measurements is compared. The result is important fundament of wind-induced dynamic response of long-span spatial latticed structures.

Field measurement-based wind-induced response analysis of multi-tower building with tuned mass damper

Xin Chen,Zhiqiang Zhang,Aiqun Li,Hu, Liang,Liu, Xianming,Fan, Zhong,Sun, Peng 한국풍공학회 2021 Wind and Structures, An International Journal (WAS Vol.32 No.2

The 246.8-m-tall Beijing Olympic Tower (BOT) is a new landmark in Beijing City, China. Its unique architectural style with five sub-towers and a large tower crown gives rise to complex dynamic characteristics. Thus, it is wind-sensitive, and a double-stage pendulum tuned mass damper (DPTMD) has been installed for vibration mitigation. In this study, a finite-element analysis of the wind-induced responses of the tower based on full-scale measurement results was performed. First, the structure of the BOT and the full-scale measurement are introduced. According to the measured dynamic characteristics of the BOT, such as the natural frequencies, modal shapes, and damping ratios, an accurate finite-element model (FEM) was established and updated. On the basis of wind measurements, as well as wind-tunnel test results, the wind load on the model was calculated. Then, the wind-induced responses of the BOT with the DPTMD were obtained and compared with the measured responses to assess the numerical wind-induced response analysis method. Finally, the wind-induced serviceability of the BOT was evaluated according to the field measurement results for the wind-induced response and was found to be satisfactory for human comfort.

The influence of model surface roughness on wind loads of the RC chimney by comparing the full-scale measurements and wind tunnel simulations

Chen, Chern-Hwa,Chang, Cheng-Hsin,Lin, Yuh-Yi Techno-Press 2013 Wind and Structures, An International Journal (WAS Vol.16 No.2

A wind tunnel test of a scaled-down model and field measurement were effective methods for elucidating the aerodynamic behavior of a chimney under a wind load. Therefore, the relationship between the results of the wind tunnel test and the field measurement had to be determined. Accordingly, the set-up and testing method in the wind tunnel had to be modified from the field measurement to simulate the real behavior of a chimney under the wind flow with a larger Reynolds number. It enabled the results of the wind tunnel tests to be correlated with the field measurement. The model surface roughness and different turbulence intensity flows were added to the test. The simulated results of the wind tunnel test agreed with the full-scale measurements in the mean surface pressure distribution behavior.

Comparison between wind load by wind tunnel test and in-site measurement of long-span spatial structure

Hui Liu,Wei-lian Qu,Qiu-sheng Li 한국풍공학회 2011 Wind and Structures, An International Journal (WAS Vol.14 No.4

The full-scale measurements are compared with the wind tunnel test results for the long-span roof latticed spatial structure of Shenzhen Citizen Center. A direct comparison of model testing results to full-scale measurements is always desirable, not only in validating the experimental data and methods but also in providing better understanding of the physics such as Reynolds numbers and scale effects. Since the quantity and location of full-scale measurements points are different from those of the wind tunnel tests taps, the weighted proper orthogonal decomposition technique is applied to the wind pressure data obtained from the wind tunnel tests to generate a time history of wind load vector, then loads acted on all the internal nodes are obtained by interpolation technique. The nodal mean wind pressure coefficients,root-mean-square of wind pressure coefficients and wind pressure power spectrum are also calculated. The time and frequency domain characteristics of full-scale measurements wind load are analyzed based on filtered data-acquisitions. In the analysis, special attention is paid to the distributions of the mean wind pressure coefficients of center part of Shenzhen Citizen Center long-span roof spatial latticed structure. Furthermore, a brief discussion about difference between the wind pressure power spectrum from the wind tunnel experiments and that from the full-scale in-site measurements is compared. The result is important fundament of wind-induced dynamic response of long-span spatial latticed structures.

소형 및 실규모 급경사지 실험을 통한 계측관리기준 개발을 위한 실험적 연구: 모관흡수력을 기준으로

송효성,이영학,이승재,김재정 대한지질공학회 2023 지질공학 Vol.33 No.4

우리나라는 연평균 강수량의 70%에 달하는 여름철 강우로 인해 산사태가 자주 발생하고 있으며, 이로인한 피해 완화를 위해서는 정확한 예측기법이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 화강암 풍화토를 이용하여 소형 및 실규모 실험을 통한 계측관리기준 수립 가능성을 모색하였다. 실험은 모관흡수력을 중점으로 강우침투로 인한 지반 특성 변화와 사면붕괴 패턴을 분석하였으며, 이 결과를 기초로 불포화 무한사면 안정성 해석을 수행하였다. 안전율이 1 미만으로 떨어지는 조건에서 붕괴도달 시간을 산정한 결과, 소형 실험의 경우 약 17분 전, 실규모 실험의 경우 약 6.5시간 전으로 산사태 예측이 가능한 경향을 나타냈다. 이러한 연구 결과는 화강암 풍화토의 특성을 고려한 계측관리기준을 확립하는데 유용한 자료로 활용될 수 있다. Due to South Korea’s concentrated summer rainfall, constituting 70% of the annual total, landslides frequently occur during the rainy season, necessitating accurate prediction methods to mitigate associated damage. In this study, a reduced-scale and full-scale slope was configured using weathered granite soil to find the possibility of establishing measurement management criterias through landslide reproduction. The experiment focused on matric suction, analyzing changes in ground properties and failure patterns caused by rainfall infiltration. Subsequently, an unsaturated infinite slope stability analysis was conducted. By calculating the failure time when the safety factor falls below 1 for each experiment, landslide prediction was demonstrated to be possible, approximately 17 minutes prior for the reduction-scale experiment and 6.5 hours for the full-scale experiment. These findings provide useful data for establishing Korean soil slope measurement management criteria that consider the characteristics of weathered granite soil.

Prediction of an actual RPM and engine power of an LNGC based on full-scale measurement data

You, Youngjun,Kim, Jaehan,Seo, Min-Guk Elsevier 2018 Ocean engineering Vol.147 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>It is important to predict the actual RPM and engine power of a ship because it helps the ship builder and seafarer understand the actual performance of the ship. However, a precise prediction is difficult because it is closely connected to the ship design, resistance, seakeeping, maneuvering performance, etc., synthetically. In this paper, we propose a new approach to predict the actual RPM and engine power of an LNGC from full-scale measurement data considering the described performance. The sea route, speed over ground and environmental conditions obtained from the measured data are additionally used to simulate sailing of the ship from the coast of southern Taiwan to the coast of Madagascar for 14 days. The results of the simulation are qualitatively reviewed by comparing the calculated time histories of the RPM and the power with the measured RPM and power. The results are quantitatively analyzed by comparing the time histories of errors between the measured values and calculated values. Finally, the power increment due to the environmental load is estimated by comparing the predicted power considering the environmental load with the predicted power, not considering the environmental load.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> Sailing simulation is conducted by considering the design information and full-scale measurement data. </LI> <LI> The whole voyage is replicated by considering the course and speed change with a large difference decided by a seafarer. </LI> <LI> The actual RPM and engine power of the LNGC, are credibly predicted. </LI> <LI> The power increment due to the environmental loads can be estimated. </LI> </UL> </P>

실선계측 데이터 대체를 위한 AIS 및 ECMWF 데이터베이스 조합을 이용한 LNGC의 분당 회전수 및 동력 추정에 관한 타당성 연구

유영준,김재한,서민국 대한조선학회 2017 大韓造船學會 論文集 Vol.54 No.6

In the previous research, a study was carried out to estimate the actual performance such as the propeller Revolution Per Minute (RPM) and engine power of a Liquefied Natural Gas Carrier (LNGC) using the full-scale measurement data. After the predicted RPM and engine power were verified by comparing those with the measured values, the suggested method was regarded to be acceptable. However, there was a limitation to apply the method on the prediction of the RPM and engine power of a ship. Since the information of route, speed, and environmental conditions required for estimating the RPM and engine power is generally regarded as the intellectual property of a shipping company, it is difficult to secure the information on a shipyard. In this paper, the RPM and engine power of the 151K LNGC was estimated using the combination of Automatic Identification System (AIS) and European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) database in order to replace the full-scale measurement. The simulation approach, which was suggested in the previous research, was identically applied to the prediction of RPM and engine power. After the results based on the AIS and ECMWF database were compared with those obtained from the full-scale measurement data, the feasibility was briefly reviewed.

실측 데이터를 이용한 공용중인 강사장교의 버페팅 응답 분석

이덕근,공민준,유동우 대한토목학회 2016 대한토목학회논문집 Vol.36 No.3

In order to analytically evaluate buffeting responses, the analysis of wind characteristics such as turbulence intensity, turbulence length, gust, roughness coefficient, etc must be a priority. Static aerodynamic force coefficients, flutter coefficients, structural damping ratios, aerodynamic damping ratios and natural frequencies affect the analytical responses. The bridge interested in this paper has being been used for 32 years. As the time passes, current terrain conditions around the bridge are different markedly from the conditions it was built 32 years ago. Also, wind environments were considerably varied by the climate change. For this reason, it is necessary to evaluate the turbulence intensity, length, spectrum and roughness coefficient of the bridge site from full-scale measurements using the structural health monitoring system. The evaluation results indicate that wind characteristics of bridge site is analogous to that of open terrain although the bridge is located on the coastal area. To calculate buffeting responses, the analysis variables such as damping ratios, static aerodynamic force coefficients and natural frequency were evaluated from measured data. The analysis was performed with regard to 4 cases. The evaluated variables from measured data are applied to the first and second analysis cases. And the other analysis cases were performed based on Design Guidelines for Steel Cable Supported Bridges. The calculated responses of each analysis cases are compared with the buffeting response measured at less than 25m/s wind speed. It is verified that the responses by the numerical analysis applying the estimated variables based on full-scale measurements are well agreed with the measured actual buffeting responses under wind speed 25m/s. Also, the extreme wind speed corresponding to a recurrence interval 200 years is derived from Gumbel distribution. The derived wind speed for return period of 200 years is 45m/s. Therefore the buffeting responses at wind speed 45m/s is determined by the analysis applying the estimated variables. 공용 중인 교량의 버페팅 응답을 해석적으로 평가하기 위해서는 교량 현장의 난류강도, 난류 스펙트럼, 조도계수, 거스트 계수 등 풍하중에 대한분석이 우선되어야 하고, 해석 결과는 정적 공기력 계수, 플러터계수, 구조 감쇠비, 공기역학적 감쇠비, 고유 진동수 등 여러 변수에 의해 영향을받는다. 본 논문에서 대상으로 한 교량은 32년째 공용 중에 있는 교량으로써 교량 주변의 지형조건은 설계 및 시공 당시에 비해 많은 변화가 발생하였으며 최근 기후 변화로 인한 풍 환경 역시 큰 변화가 있다. 이러한 이유로 대상교량에서 실측한 풍속 데이터를 분석하여 난류강도, 난류길이, 지표조도계수, 풍속 스펙트럼 등 교량 현장의 풍하중을 평가하였다. 교량 주변의 풍환경 평가 결과, 대상 교량은 해상교량임에도 불구하고 지표조도구분 Ⅱ의 특성을 나타내고 있었다. 또한 실측한 구조물의 가속도, 변위 응답 데이터를 통해 대상교량의 감쇠비, 정적 공기력 계수, 고유진동수를 평가하여 계측기반 버페팅 해석 변수를 산정하였다. 계측데이터 기반의 해석 변수와 케이블강교량설계지침에 제시된 해석 변수를 적용하여 총 4가지 경우에 대한 버페팅 해석을 수행하였으며, 그 결과 10분 평균 풍속 25m/s이하에서 측정된 버페팅 응답과 계측 기반 해석 변수를 적용한 해석 응답이 가장 잘 일치함을 확인하였고, 계측 풍속과 Gumbel 확률분포를 이용하여 추정한 200년 재현기대 풍속인 45m/s에서의 버페팅 응답을 제시하였다.

Using neural networks to model and predict amplitude dependent damping in buildings

Li, Q.S.,Liu, D.K.,Fang, J.Q.,Jeary, A.P.,Wong, C.K. Techno-Press 1999 Wind and Structures, An International Journal (WAS Vol.2 No.1

In this paper, artificial neural networks, a new kind of intelligent method, are employed to model and predict amplitude dependent damping in buildings based on our full-scale measurements of buildings. The modelling method and procedure using neural networks to model the damping are studied. Comparative analysis of different neural network models of damping, which includes multi-layer perception network (MLP), recurrent neural network, and general regression neural network (GRNN), is performed and discussed in detail. The performances of the models are evaluated and discussed by tests and predictions including self-test, "one-lag" prediction and "multi-lag" prediction of the damping values at high amplitude levels. The established models of damping are used to predict the damping in the following three ways : (1) the model is established by part of the data measured from one building and is used to predict the another part of damping values which are always difficult to obtain from field measurements : the values at the high amplitude level. (2) The model is established by the damping data measured from one building and is used to predict the variation curve of damping for another building. And (3) the model is established by the data measured from more than one buildings and is used to predict the variation curve of damping for another building. The prediction results are discussed.