Abstract: Large wind gusts and rare wave groups create design issues that wind turbines must overcome. These design level gusts and waves generate bending moments on the tower which may lead to ...

Offshore wind turbines (OWTs) installed in cold regions are prone to risking ice collisions, leading to potential damage of the support structure. It is imperative to quantitatively investigate the ...

The French engineering and design company Optimax Structures, renowned for its expertise in structural design and optimisation of steel and wooden structures, announces its expansion into the German ...

Many transmission structures are tested to failure at full-scale, leading to an improved understanding of capacity compared to most structures. Typically when extreme wind events occur, the maximum ...

All leading vendors of ballasted rooftop racking systems conduct wind tunnel testing to measure the aerodynamics of their mounting products and determine wind pressure coefficients for use in their ...

A group of researchers from South Africa has conducted a full-scale field measurement of the wind load effects on the mounting rail of a PV single-axis tracker. The data was collected over 109 days in ...

As an important structure supporting the wind turbine, the wind power tower is faced with the complex environmental impact of wind load and seismic load during operation. This paper reviews the ...

Abstract: This study focuses on the wind characteristics of three container cranes discharged side-by-side under wind loads. Three-dimensional models of the three container cranes were established ...

Wind exposure category is a critical input parameter for structural designs including commercial rooftop PV systems. Most typical building sites fall into category B (urban, suburban, wooded) or C ...