scholarly journals A Field Measurement Based Wind Characteristics Analysis of a Typhoon in Near-Ground Boundary Layer

Atmosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 873
Author(s):  
Dandan Xia ◽  
Liming Dai ◽  
Li Lin ◽  
Huaifeng Wang ◽  
Haitao Hu

The field measurement was conducted to observe the wind field data of West Pacific typhoon “Maria” in this research. With the application of ultrasonic anemometers installed in different heights (10 m, 80 m, 100 m) of the tower, the three dimensional wind speed data of typhoon “Maria” was acquired. In addition, vane-type anemometers were installed to validate the accuracy of the wind data from ultrasonic anemometers. Wind characteristics such as the mean wind profile, turbulence intensity, integral length scale, and wind spectrum are studied in detail using the collected wind data. The relationship between the gust factor and turbulence intensity was also studied and compared with the existing literature to demonstrate the characteristics of Maria. The statistical characteristics of the turbulence intensity and gust factor are presented. The corresponding conclusion remarks are expected to provide a useful reference for designing wind-resistant buildings and structures.

2011 ◽  
Vol 243-249 ◽  
pp. 5094-5100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke Yang ◽  
Wen Hai Shi ◽  
Zheng Nong Li

This paper presents field measurement results of boundary layer wind characteristics over typical open country during the passages of typhoon Fung-wong passed by Wenzhou in July 2008. The field data such as wind speed and wind direction were measured from two propeller anemometers placed at the height of about 30m. The measured wind data are analyzed to obtain the information on mean wind speed and direction, turbulence intensity, gust factor, turbulence integral length scale and spectra of wind speed fluctuations. The results clearly demonstrate that the turbulence intensity and gust factor of typhoon Fung-wong are larger than normal, and there is a tendency for the turbulence intensities to decrease with the increase of the mean wind speed, however, there is another tendency for the turbulence integral length scale to increase with the increase of the mean wind speed. The power spectral densities of fluctuating wind speed in longitudinal and lateral directions obtained from the measured wind speed data roughly fit with Von Karman spectra. The results presented in this paper are expected to be of use to researchers and engineers involved in design of low-rise buildings.


2013 ◽  
Vol 300-301 ◽  
pp. 62-67
Author(s):  
Kun Ye ◽  
Ren Xian Li

Cutting is an effective device to reduce crosswind loads acting on trains. The cutting depth, width and gradient of slope are important factors for design and construction of cutting. Based on numerical analysis methods of three-dimensional viscous incompressible aerodynamics equations, aerodynamic side forces and yawing moments acting on the high-speed train, with different depths and widths of cutting,are calculated and analyzed under crosswinds,meanwhile the relationship of the gradient of cutting slope and transverse aerodynamic forces acting on trains are also studied. Simulation results show that aerodynamic side forces and yawing moments acting on the train(the first, middle and rear train)decrease with the increase of cutting depth. The relationship between transverse forces (moments) coefficients acting on the three sections and the cutting depth basically is the three cubed relation. The bigger is cutting width,the worse is running stability of train. The relationship between yawing moments coefficients acting each body of the train and the cutting width approximately is the three cubed relation. The transverse Aerodynamic forces decreased gradually with the increase of the gradient of cutting slope, the relationship between yawing moments coefficients acting each body of the train and the gradient of cutting slope basically is the four cubed relation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 230949901986122
Author(s):  
Ali Sahin ◽  
Mehmet Emin Simsek ◽  
Safa Gursoy ◽  
Mustafa Akkaya ◽  
Cetin Isik ◽  
...  

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of total hip arthroplasty (THA) on sagittal pelvic parameters and to evaluate the effect of sagittal pelvic parameters on acetabular cup orientation. Methods: The study included 86 patients who underwent THA for a diagnosis of unilateral coxarthrosis between 2011 and 2015. Measurements were taken of the preoperative and postoperative acetabular cup inclination (ACI), anteversion, and sagittal pelvic parameters. The effect of THA on sagittal pelvic parameters and the effects of the sagittal pelvic parameters on acetabular cup orientation were investigated. Results: The sagittal pelvic tilt values calculated were mean 9.7° ± 6.3° (2°; 23°) preoperatively and 11.0° ± 6.1° (2°; 25°) postoperatively. The increase in postoperative pelvic incidence (PI) values was determined to be statistically significant ( p < 0.05). The preoperative PI values had no significant effect on ACI, but in cases with high preoperative PI values, a tendency to high anteversion values was determined. The mean inclination values were found to be 40.2° ± 11.0° in the low PI group, 41.7° ± 7.4° in the normal PI group, and 44.1° ± 8.3° in the high PI group. As no increase in inclination values was observed with an increase in PI values, no statistical correlation was determined ( p = 0.343). Average of anteversion values in the low PI group was 9.2° ± 13.7°, in the normal PI group 19.3° ± 10.5°, and in the high PI group 21.1° ± 12.5°. The difference between the groups was statistically significant ( p = 0.001). Conclusion: Evaluating the results of this study, it can be concluded that varying PI values do affect the acetabular cup anterversion in THA. So, preoperative assessment of PI values is important in preventing postoperative acetabular cup malposition.


2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 1977-1987
Author(s):  
Xu Wang ◽  
Huaqiang Li ◽  
Zengshun Chen ◽  
Yuanhao Qian ◽  
Yanru Wang ◽  
...  

During landfall of Typhoon Haikui in Eastern China in 2012, ground level wind data were recorded using a smart monitoring system installed on JiuBao Bridge in Hangzhou, China. This article documents the mean flow and turbulence characteristics from data recorded during the storm. The results show that both turbulence intensity and gust factor decrease with the increase in the mean wind velocity. However, as the mean wind velocity increases, this trend gradually attenuates. The peak factor distribution with gust averaging time duration derived with the Typhoon Haikui data agrees well with the Durst curve. However, the longitudinal gust factor derived from the typhoon wind-speed record in this study is higher compared with the curves proposed by Durst and Krayer-Marshall. Analyses of the gust factor distribution with the turbulence intensity during the passage of the storm reveal a similarity to the empirical curves of Ishizaki and Choi. Results show that the relationship between lateral turbulence and gust factors can be well represented by a quadratic polynomial. Turbulence scale increased with mean wind velocity. The values of autocorrelation coefficients in longitudinal direction are larger than those in lateral direction. There has no obvious dependency of cross-correlation coefficients with mean wind velocity. In general, the wind characteristics in this study are shown to be very similar to those of winds under normal circumstance.


2019 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 03002
Author(s):  
Elena-Alexandra Chiulan ◽  
Andrei-Mugur Georgescu ◽  
Costin-Ioan Coşoiu ◽  
Anton Anton

The presented paper focuses on the computation of the mean wind speed and turbulence intensity profiles for all the cities from Romania. The calculation of both, the mean wind speed profile and the turbulence intensity profile, had as mathematical support the equations presented in the Romanian design standard for wind action CR 1-1-4/2012. The main objective of this paper was to provide a tool for the computation of the two wind action features. This method was based on creating a spreadsheet in Excel with which, in just a few seconds, a user could correctly obtain the two wind characteristics. This Excel dashboard can be used as a teaching material for students as well as input data for structural design engineers in the process of modelling and observing the behaviour of a building excited by wind action on a particular city in Romania.


2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 1853-1864 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shouqiang Wang ◽  
Lin Zhao ◽  
Shuyang Cao ◽  
Yufeng Zhang ◽  
Feng Yin ◽  
...  

This article studies the feasibility and effectiveness of a non-stationary model using field measurements. Gust factors are compared for both typhoon and monsoon winds whose maximum 10-min mean wind speeds were all greater than 20 m/s using non-stationary models. Wind speeds were recorded by three-dimensional anemometers by the Structural Health Monitoring System of Xihoumen Bridge. The study focuses on the dependences of gust factor on gust averaging time, sample duration, and mean wind speed for both typhoon and monsoon climates. The gust factor curve and the relationship between gust factor and turbulence intensity are also studied. The results suggest that a non-stationary model is more suitable for actual turbulence flow, particularly under typhoon conditions. The article also compares resulting gust factor curves with those obtained in former studies and shows that accurate gust factor curves can be obtained by field measurements for monsoon wind. It is thus recommended that gust factor research should differentiate between typhoon and monsoon winds.


2012 ◽  
Vol 429 ◽  
pp. 78-82
Author(s):  
Jian Qin ◽  
Qing Dong Zhang ◽  
Pei Cheng Zhang

The warps (curvatures) of strip in the continuous annealing can be classed as longitudinal and transverse warps. The analysis of warp is simplified from a three-dimensional elasticity problem to a plane problem, and it is proposed in this paper that the residual strain caused by metal rolling is the main reason for the transverse warps. The relationship between the different warps is also discussed on the basis of elastic analyses. Analytical estimates are derived and compared against field measurement. The warp mechanism on the strip steel production process is revealed which can provide the theory basis for decreasing warp.


Author(s):  
Zoya O. Vyzhva

The estimator of the mean-square approximation of 3-D homogeneous and isotropic random field is investigated. The problem of statistical simulation of realizations of random fields in threedimensional space is considered. The algorithm for the receiving of this realization has been formulated, which has been constructed on the base the mean-square approximation of random fields estimator. It has been constructed the statistical model for the Gaussian random fields in three-dimensional space, which has been given by its statistical characteristics.


1993 ◽  
Vol 265 (4) ◽  
pp. C1128-C1137 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Berman ◽  
C. Pena-Rasgado ◽  
M. Holmgren ◽  
P. Hawkins ◽  
H. Rasgado-Flores

The effect of extracellular Ca2+ (Cao) on sarcolemmal hydraulic water permeability (L'p), regulatory volume decrease (RVD), and extracellular space (ECS) was studied in barnacle muscle cells. Absence or presence of Cao had no effect on L'p [0 Cao = 2.762 +/- 0.098 x 10(-5), and 11 mM Cao = 2.720 +/- 0.222 x 10(-5) cm.kg.s-1 x osmol x 1-kgH2O-1]. Likewise, cells exposed to anisosmotic media (for < 30 min) behaved as osmometers in 0 and 11 mM Cao, showing similar slopes and intercepts in van't Hoff plots. At longer incubation times, however, hyposmotic conditions promoted a Cao-dependent RVD. The relationship between Cao and the percentage of cells responding with RVD to a hyposmotic challenge was sigmoidal (half-maximal Cao = 4.83 mM). The mean rate of RVD (40 nl/min) was independent of the level of swelling in response to hyposmotic challenges. However, the magnitude of RVD increased with larger hyposmotic challenges. Both the presence of Cao and hypotonicity reduced the "apparent" ECS by 47 +/- 6 and 39 +/- 6%, respectively. Three-dimensional reconstruction of autoradiographs of the cells was made to interpret these results.


Author(s):  
Fushui Liu ◽  
Zhongjie Shi ◽  
Yang Hua ◽  
Ning Kang ◽  
Yikai Li ◽  
...  

Since the intake valve close timing (IVC) directly determines the amount of displacement backflow and the amount of fresh charge trapped in the cylinder, optimizing the IVC is important to improve the performance of the diesel engine. In this paper, the relationship between the IVC and the displacement backflow of the cylinder at the high-speed condition was studied by establishing a one-dimensional (1D) gas dynamic model of a single-cylinder diesel engine. The results show that the forward airflow mass of intake and the backflow increase as the IVC retards, and the airflow mass trapped in cylinder increases at first and then decreases. It is interesting to find that the backflow does not equal zero when the air mass trapped in cylinder is the largest, which is different from the traditional optimizing strategy on the IVC. That is to say, there exists a misalignment between the maximum-volume-efficiency IVC and the none-backflow IVC. To further verify this interesting misalignment, the airflow characteristics at the optimized IVC condition are studied by establishing a three-dimensional (3D) simulation. It is found that the appearance of backflow is a gradual process, and there exists an overall backflow when the engine volume efficiency reaches its maximum value. In addition, the misalignment is reduced as the mean valve-closing velocity increases. The misalignment equals to 0 only if the mean valve-closing velocity approaches infinity.


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