Alan G. Davenport Wind Engineering Group

alan g . Davenport Wind Engineering Group The Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory WIND TUNNEL TESTING: A GENERAL OUTLINE May 2007 The University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Engineering Science London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B9; Tel: (519) 661-3338; Fax: (519) 661-3339 Internet: ; E-mail: WIND TUNNEL TESTING: - i - alan g . Davenport Wind Engineering Group A GENERAL OUTLINE TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 THE MODELLING OF THE SITE AND THE WIND 2 General 2 Scaling 2 3 THE CLADDING LOADS TESTS 3 Pressures and Suctions on Exterior Surfaces 3 Scaling 3 Internal Pressures and Differential Pressures 3 4 THE DETERMINATION OF OVERALL STRUCTURAL LOADS AND RESPONSES 4 Introduction 4 The Force Balance Test 4 The Two-degree-of-freedom Aeroelastic Test 5 The Multi-degree-of-freedom Aeroelastic Test 5 Overall Loads from Local Pressure Measurements 6 Effective Static Force Distribution 6

Alan G. Davenport Wind Engineering Group The Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory WIND TUNNEL TESTING: A GENERAL OUTLINE May 2007 The University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Engineering Science

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