Development of a downburst simulator

Yumi Iida; Kazunori Asano; Yasushi Uematsu

doi:10.3130/aijt.24.941

Development of a downburst simulator

Yumi Iida, Kazunori Asano, Yasushi Uematsu

ENG - Architecture and Building Science

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Abstract

A downburst simulator has been developed to investigate the characteristics of the velocity distribution and wind loads on buildings induced by downburst. The aim of the project is to propose a reasonable wind resistant design method for downbursts. The simulator consists of a blower that reproduces an impinging flow on the ground and a shatter that reproduces a pulsed jet. The blower can move at a constant speed on rails. It was found that the simulator can reproduce the non-stationary winds by downbursts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	941-946
Number of pages	6
Journal	AIJ Journal of Technology and Design
Volume	24
Issue number	58
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3130/aijt.24.941
Publication status	Published - 2018 Oct

Keywords

Downburst
Experiment of impinging jet
Velocity measurement
Wind pressure measurement

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Architecture
Building and Construction

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