Wind loading over the top portions of tall stacks with and without external landing platforms

Kumar, Suresh K and Rao, GNV (1994) Wind loading over the top portions of tall stacks with and without external landing platforms. In: Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 51 (3). 319-338 .

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Abstract

The variation of the drag force near the top portions of tall stacks with and without external landing platforms, and with the exit open and closed, has been examined by model studies in a wind tunnel at Reynolds numbers of about 10(5). Pressure measurements on three models of different height to diameter ratios have been supplemented by flow visualisation studies. Observations confirm that when there is no platform, significant load enhancement over the top three to four diameters occurs, due to the high suction caused by the sharp separation of the flow over the top from the rim, in the aft regions of the stack. The enhanced loading is found to be greater if the exit is closed. A platform at the top, of less than twice the exit diameter, further increases the drag force near the top, but a still larger platform at the top, of about three times the exit diameter, decreases the drag force to values less than those much further below, effectively nullifying the enhanced drag force. It was found that such a reduction of the enhanced drag force in the top regions can also be achieved by a smaller platform of 1.1 to 1.3 times the local diameter, located at about three to five diameters below the top.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords:	Wind loading;Tall stacks;External landing platforms;Drag force;Pressure measurements
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering(Formerly Aeronautical Engineering)
Date Deposited:	19 May 2011 09:26
Last Modified:	19 May 2011 09:26
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/36986

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