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Duy Thao Nguyen and Duy Hung Vo
The present article outlines a research investigation carried out in a wind tunnel setting aimed at augmenting comprehension of the excitation mechanism of stay cable vibration in arid conditions. A multitude of wind tunnel experiments were thoroughly sc...
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Danilo Ciliberti, Pierluigi Della Vecchia, Vincenzo Orticalco and Fabrizio Nicolosi
The purpose of this paper is the evaluation of the aero-propulsive effects on a UAV wing model with distributed propulsion. An array of three propellers is placed ahead of the leading edge of a rectangular wing with flap. The investigation was performed ...
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Na He and Xianggang Zhang
During the construction of a diversion tunnel, geological problems often include faults, fragile strata, hard rock formations, karst landforms, etc., which may have adverse effects on the excavation and construction of the diversion tunnel. Based on the ...
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Wenping Luo, Weiqin Liu, Meng Yang, Shuo Chen, Xuemin Song and Weiguo Wu
Operating Offshore Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (OF-VAWT) have the potential to perform well in the deep-sea area. Some researchers gave performance prediction by developing simplified computing models. However, these models have imperfections in...
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Arun Kumar, Rahul Kumar Meena, Ritu Raj, Mohammad Iqbal Khan and Jamal M. Khatib
The wind flow patterns and pressure distribution around a plus-shaped building are significantly influenced by re-entrant corner dimensions and building height. The present study aims to find the wind effects and study the pressure distribution with diff...
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Bowen Yan, Yanan Li, Xiao Li, Xuhong Zhou, Min Wei, Qingshan Yang and Xu Zhou
This paper investigates the twisted wind effect on a typical super-tall building (500-m-tall square prism) by conducting pressure model wind tunnel tests. Two twisted wind fields (TWFs) with maximum yaw angles of approximately 30° and 20°, respectively, ...
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Vincenzo Cusati, Salvatore Corcione, Danilo Ciliberti and Fabrizio Nicolosi
This paper deals with the experimental assessment of the aerodynamic characteristics of an innovative large turboprop aircraft. The configuration is a three-lifting surfaces airplane with rear engine installation at tail tips, conceived to carry up to 13...
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Li Zou, Kun Wang, Yichen Jiang, Aimin Wang and Tiezhi Sun
Owing to the rapid development of the offshore wind power technology and increasing capacity of wind turbines, vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) have experienced a great development. Nevertheless, the VAWT wake effect, which affects the power generatio...
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Nicoletta Franchina, Otman Kouaissah, Giacomo Persico and Marco Savini
The paper presents the results of a computational study on the aerodynamics and the performance of a small-scale Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) for distributed micro-generation. The complexity of VAWT aerodynamics, which are inherently unsteady and th...
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Yat-Kiu Ho and Chun-Ho Liu
Street-level ventilation is often weakened by the surrounding high-rise buildings. A thorough understanding of the flows and turbulence over urban areas assists in improving urban air quality as well as effectuating environmental management. In this pape...
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