TY - JOUR
T1 - Reduction of wind uplift of a solar collector model
AU - Chung, K.
AU - Chang, K.
AU - Liu, Y.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the support of National Science Council (NSC-93-2815-006-064-E). The technical assistance of Mr. Y. Wang and Mr. G. Chen at ASTRC/NCKU is also highly appreciated. The authors also appreciate Prof. Frank K. Lu of the University of Texas at Arlington for many helpful comments with the manuscript.
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - Due to the geographical location of Taiwan, solar water heaters on the roof of buildings are frequently subjected to the impact of severe typhoons. An experimental study of a scaled commercial system was conducted to investigate the mean surface pressure distributions and uplift force at different speeds. To reduce the possible damage due to strong wind uplift, one approach is to lift the model and the other is to install a guide plate. It is found that the wind uplift is reduced effectively with a guide plate normal to the wind direction. Effects of the incremental height of model are less significant in reducing the uplift force. Reynolds number independence for the present test configuration is also observed.
AB - Due to the geographical location of Taiwan, solar water heaters on the roof of buildings are frequently subjected to the impact of severe typhoons. An experimental study of a scaled commercial system was conducted to investigate the mean surface pressure distributions and uplift force at different speeds. To reduce the possible damage due to strong wind uplift, one approach is to lift the model and the other is to install a guide plate. It is found that the wind uplift is reduced effectively with a guide plate normal to the wind direction. Effects of the incremental height of model are less significant in reducing the uplift force. Reynolds number independence for the present test configuration is also observed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jweia.2008.01.012
DO - 10.1016/j.jweia.2008.01.012
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:44649157844
VL - 96
SP - 1294
EP - 1306
JO - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
JF - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
SN - 0167-6105
IS - 8-9
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