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Structural Wind Engineering, 2nd Edition

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanical Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 May 2024) | Viewed by 363

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Department of Architecture, Construction and Design, Politechnic University of Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy
Interests: building environment; wind engineering; wind loads; artificial neural; network; comfort; vibration; structural dynamics
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Dear Colleagues,

Wind–structure interaction is a hot topic in the field of civil engineering. This, along with the effects of climate change, has stimulated designers’ interest in lightweight structures. Open spaces, large spans, and new materials necessitate a light structure sensitive to wind and its dynamics. However, few software programs permit the calculation of wind–structure interactions through dynamic and geometrical nonlinear analyses. Thus, researchers and designers have computed subroutines and analytical models to investigate this relationship. In addition, determining wind–structure interaction requires experimental tests in wind tunnels or fluid dynamic simulations to estimate loads and predict wind streamlines. However, as these methods are time-consuming and require complex calculation, few have taken this approach. Papers on large-span roofs, bridges, high-rise buildings, nonstructural elements, comfort analyses, code update proposals, and analytical models are welcome in this Special Issue, titled Structural Wind Engineering, 2nd Edition.

Dr. Fabio Rizzo
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Keywords

  • wind tunnel
  • wind action
  • roof
  • bridge
  • high-rise building
  • flexible structures
  • FSI
  • CFD
  • tensile structures
  • vortex shedding

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Numerical and Analytical Estimation of the Wind Speed Causing Overturning of the Fast-Erecting Crane—Part II
by Marcin Augustyn and Marek Barski
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(11), 4694; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14114694 - 29 May 2024
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The currently presented work is a continuation of the previous one, where the estimation of the forces induced by the wind flow acting on the fast-erecting crane. In that work, the values of the aerodynamic forces were determined experimentally and numerically for the [...] Read more.
The currently presented work is a continuation of the previous one, where the estimation of the forces induced by the wind flow acting on the fast-erecting crane. In that work, the values of the aerodynamic forces were determined experimentally and numerically for the sectional models of the tower and jib. Next, the obtained results were compared with the appropriate standards. Now, the main aim is to determine the critical wind speed causing the overturning of the whole structure. At the very beginning, the numerical analysis of the simplified model of the crane on the real scale is studied. The computations are performed with the use of the ANSYS FLUENT R22. The simulations are performed for three different wind profiles, namely: urban terrain, village terrain, and open terrain. Moreover, the various geometric configurations of the crane in the wind direction are studied. The k-ε model of turbulent flow is exploited. The obtained critical values of the wind speed are confronted with those that are obtained from standards and estimations based on the results obtained from previous investigations performed for sectional models. The influence of the load carried by the crane is also taken into consideration in the overturning of the structure. Full article
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