Pressure Coefficients for Basic Tensioned-Membrane Structure Forms

Abstract

This report details FY85 wind tunnel tests on basic tensioned- membrane structure forms, data reduction and analysis, and results. Models of parallel and diagonally-arched structures were tested. Testing was performed at the James A. Forestal Laboratory wind tunnel, Princeton University, and the environment wind tunnel located at the Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory (NCEL) . All data and results have been converted to pressure coefficient form to facilitate their use in wind load calculations. This section details the basic equations and principles used for building aerodynamics and wind tunnel testing. The pressure distribution around a body immersed in a moving fluid is primarily function of the local variation in fluid velocity produced by the body.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA203866

Entities

People

  • M. Jacoby

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Civil Engineering
  • Construction
  • Contracts
  • Data Reduction
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Marine Corps
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Static Pressure
  • Test Facilities
  • United States
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
  • Wind Tunnels

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