Wind Tunnel
Prof. Alan Davenport and Mr. Peter King with
some of the long span bridge full aeroelastic models tested
at the Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory.
(From top to bottom: The C&D Canal Bridge (steel alternate),
Delaware, The Clark Bridge (concrete alternate), Illinois;
Paso del Alamillo Bridge, Spain; The 6th Street Bridge (concrete
alternate), West Virginia; The Tsing Ma Bridge, Hong Kong;
The A. Murray MacKay Bridge, Halifax, Canada.
The Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory
applies its expertise to wind
engineering problems around the world. Some of its major
projects have
included the World Trade Center (New York), the Sears Tower
(Chicago), the
Mori Building (Shanghai), The Confederation Bridge (PEI),
the Jakarta
Tower (Indonesia), and the CN Tower. We will attend a presentation
about
the BLWT and be able to look at some of the models used
in studies.
Tour will start at 1:45.
In 2002, the laboratory carried out a wind
tunnel study of Amen
Corner at Augusta National Golf Club, identifying the
difficult wind patterns that make the 11th, 12th and 13th
holes so challenging.
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