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Implication Of City Growth On Wind-Induced Loads For Cladding And Structural Design, Hadil M. Abdallah

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As cities grow, the urban topology changes in density resulting in continuous variations in wind flow. The interaction of flow with this changing surrounding environment drives the aerodynamics to become more complex and varying, subjecting the building to significant changes in wind-induced-loads both on structural and non-structural elements. In this study, a series of boundary layer wind tunnel tests are conducted to investigate the impact of city growth on cladding and structural loading by using a typical tall building adopted from the Commonwealth Advisory Aeronautical Council (CAARC) building model. The city growth is represented by five different generic surrounding configurations, …

Flow Visualization Study Of Wake-Stabilized Diffusion Flames In A Crossflow: Effects Of Crossflow Turbulence, Diya Cui

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Effects of crosswind turbulence on the mechanisms and flow structures affecting emissions from non-premixed wake stabilized flames from elevated stacks are investigated. In the current work, two conditions of upstream crossflow are tested to investigate the effects of turbulence on the flame, including the turbulent flow with enhanced freestream turbulence that is generated by a passive grid placed upstream of the burner, and smooth flow with ambient turbulence for baseline comparisons. The experimental method of Mie scattering flow visualization is used to investigate the effects of turbulence. The addition of freestream turbulence has been found to make changes to the …

Experimental Study Of Tornado-Induced Pressures, Aya Kassab

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The increased devastation associated with tornadic flow-fields in terms of human lives or destruction of properties and their subsequent economic losses highlights the significance of understanding the tornado vortex structure, particularly near the ground where the majority of this destruction happens. While the body of research in this area is increasing there is a lack of resolution associated with physical near-surface measurements in tornado-like vortices (TLVs) and the effects of translation, surface roughness, and surface vortex dynamics are not yet well understood.

In order to address these gaps, high spatial and temporal surface pressure measurements were carried out at WindEEE …

New Experimental Methods For Modelling Canopy Problems, Marilena Enus

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The challenge in large scale experimental fluid dynamics comes from the demand to develop simple methods that can measure and model movement of flexible objects and wind flow over large three-dimensional volumes with readily available equipment. Representing and modelling the flow around trees is challenging mainly because of the complexity and variability of trees. In this research different methods were tested in the novel Wind Engineering Energy and Environment (WindEEE) Dome facility at Western University, Canada to capture displacements of a moving single tree and flow velocities over a model forest edge in a three-dimensional form. The tested measuring methods …