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The Effect of Wind Directions on the Aerodynamic Response of Classical Tensile Membrane Structures and General Forms Using Steady-State CFD Simulation

Version 1 : Received: 29 December 2022 / Approved: 4 January 2023 / Online: 4 January 2023 (10:38:07 CET)

How to cite: Kazemian, M.; Hosseini Lavassani, S.H. The Effect of Wind Directions on the Aerodynamic Response of Classical Tensile Membrane Structures and General Forms Using Steady-State CFD Simulation. Preprints 2023, 2023010078. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202301.0078.v1 Kazemian, M.; Hosseini Lavassani, S.H. The Effect of Wind Directions on the Aerodynamic Response of Classical Tensile Membrane Structures and General Forms Using Steady-State CFD Simulation. Preprints 2023, 2023010078. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202301.0078.v1

Abstract

The fundamental challenge for the structural design of complicated shapes and lightweight structures such as Tensile Membrane Structures (TMS) is a reliable estimation of lateral loading such as wind load. Wind pressure coefficients can’t be correctly calculated by standards for a large range of intricate forms of structures. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), a strong computational technique for evaluating wind pressure distribution on complicated geometry, can be used to determine wind-related parameters. The average wind related-distributions for the tensile membrane surface are validated with a few contributions from prior studies, which are important to validate with benchmarks in experimental wind tunnel experiments. For the double-curved surface, the results show good agreement between experimental tests and CFD simulations. In this study, CFD simulation was used to calculate the mean surface pressure coefficient (Cp) for generic shapes and tensile membrane forms using the steady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) technique. Wind force coefficients and the effect of wind directions are also explored across a wide range of classical and tensile forms. The purpose of the current research is to look at the effect of wind assault angle on the Cp distribution for tensile membrane structures and general shapes.

Keywords

Wind engineering; Pressure coefficient; CFD simulation; Tensile membrane structure; Turbulence model; Form-Finding; Double curved models; General shapes

Subject

Engineering, Civil Engineering

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