Wind loading and wind resistant design manual for highway bridges

Parallels between wind and crowd loading of bridges.

Parallels between the dynamic response of flexible bridges under the action of wind and under the forces induced by crowds allow each field to inform the other. Wind-induced behaviour has been traditionally classified into categories such as flutter, galloping, vortex-induced vibration and buffeting. However, computational advances such as the vortex particle method have led to a more general p...

Sensitivity of Overpass Bridges to Wind and Traffic Loading

bridges are planned for construction on the U.S. 59 in Houston, Texas. Each bridge will be of the tied-arch type and will be constructed on-grade over cut areas with clear spans of 228 f t (69.5m). To expedite construction, unique procedures are planned which use existing bridges as platforms for final fabrication of the tied arches. This procedure requires consideration of wind loadings on the...

Rooftop Solar Arrays and Wind Loading

Design of wind farm layout for maximum wind energy capture

Wind is one of the most promising sources of alternative energy. The construction of wind farms is destined to grow in the U.S., possibly twenty-fold by the year 2030. To maximize the wind energy capture, this paper presents a model for wind turbine placement based on the wind distribution. The model considers wake loss, which can be calculated based on wind turbine locations, and wind directio...

Design of Wind Farm Layout for Maximum Wind Energy Capture

The paper deals with the wind farm layout optimization problem (WFLOP). The objective of the wind farm layout optimization problem is to determine the optimal placement of wind turbines within the farm. In this approach, the expected power production is maximized, taking into account eventually different other supplementary technological and functional restrictions. Because the wake effects lea...