Wind Load

Reaction Force due to wind action from stack acting on the fan deck

Building information Ref

Bulding height H= 8.8 m
Cylinder Diameter b= 0.4 m
Cylinder Height l= 19.518 m
Heifht of the structure z= 28.318 m
Fundamental value of the basic wind velocity vb,0 = 20 m/s

Wind Load Factor

Direction factor cdir = 1
Season factor cseason = 1

Terrain category
z0 = 0.05 Table NA.1
zmin = 2
3
Air Density ρ= 1.194 kg/m NA.2.18

Wind Load Calculation

Basic wind velocity vb = 20 m/s eq (4.1)
2
Basic velocity pressure qb = 0.2388 kN/m eq(4.10)
At Height of z
Peak Pressure
Terrain factor kr = 0.19 (z0/0.05)0.07 eq(4.5)
= 0.19
cr = krIn(z/z0)
= 1.204454
co = 1
mean velocity at a heigh z vm = cr.co.vb
= 24.08907
 Characteristic peak velocity pressure, qp
Turbulence factor kI = 1 NA.2.16
Standard deviation σv = kr.vb.kl eq(4.6)
= 3.8
Turbulence intensity at height z lv(z) = σv/(vm(z)) eq(4.7)
= 0.157748
Characteristic peak velocity pressure, qp qp = [1+7.lv].1/2.ρ.vm2(z) eq(4.8)
2
= 0.728969 kN/m
Wind Load Coefficient
2
Kinematic viscosity of the air ν= 1.50E-05 m /s

Peak wind vlocity at ze v(ze) = 34.94357

Reynolds number Re = b.v(ze)/ν
= 9.32E+05

Equivalent surface roughness k k= 0.2

ratio k/b = 0.0005
Force coefficient of cylinders without free-end flow cf,0 = 0.54 figure 7.28
Reference area for the sylindrical structures Aref = b.l
2
= 7.8072 m
λ = min (2l/b , 70)
= 70
Solidity ration φ= 1
End-Effect factor ψλ = 0.92

Wind force on the structure Fw = 5.235907 kN

Force on the base

Tension Force Ft = 255.4861 kN
Compression Fc = 255.4861 kN