Experimental Determination of Reactions of Wind-Resistant Support of Circular Stacks in Various Configurations
Higher capacities of power plants together with increased awareness on environmental considerations have led to taller height of stacks. It is seen that strong wind can result in falling of stacks. So, aerodynamic consideration of stacks is very important in order to save the falling of stacks. One stack is not enough in industries and power sectors and two or three stacks are required for proper operation of the unit. It is very important to arrange the stacks in proper way to resist their downfall. The present experimental study concentrates on the mutual effect of three nearby stacks on each other at three different arrangements, viz. linear, side-by-side and triangular. The experiments find out the directions of resultant forces acting on the stacks in different configurations so that proper arrangement of supports can be made with respect to the wind directionality obtained from local meteorological data. One can also easily ascertain which stack is more vulnerable to wind in comparison to the others for a particular configuration. Thus, this study is important in studying the effect of wind force on three stacks in different arrangements and is very helpful in placing the supports in proper places in order to avoid failing of stack-like structures due to wind. Keywords—Stacks, relative positioning, drag and lift forces, resultant forces and supports.
The design of spires for wind simulation
In this note simple formulae are given for the design of spires for use in simulating the planetary boundary layer. The detl:iils of the derivation are omitted in the interests of clarity and conciseness but may be found in full in Ref. 1, including some refinements to account for the presence of a ramp, or blockage caused by a model, and to include the effect of corner fillets. The use of spire arrays combined with floor roughness (Fig. 1) began in the late 1960's (2-,3 J when it was discovered that they gave velocity profiles of
ANALYSIS OF BOLT′S ANCHORING QUALITY BASED ON WAVELET NEURAL NETWORK
The dynamic response of bolt achieved by impact-echo method can be effected easily by some factors.It′s difficult to classify bolt′s anchoring quality according to the dynamic response of bolt.In this paper,a new analytical method of bolt′s dynamic response is put forward.The new analytical method combing with advantages of wavelet analysis and artificial neural network is presented.Firstly,the dynamic response of bolt by numerical simulation software FLAC3D is obtained.Secondlyt,he features are extracted from the dynamic response of bolt by wavelet analysis.Thirdlyt,hese features are fed into the artificial neural network for training.Finallyt,his artificial neural network to classify the bolt′s anchoring quality intelligent according to the dynamic response of bolt is employed.In order to validate this new analytical method,some practical signals of bolt′s dynamic response are used for the test.The results indicate that the new analytical method is practicable.