{"id":26,"date":"2014-03-04T00:01:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T00:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/wind\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2015-08-15T04:47:55","modified_gmt":"2015-08-15T04:47:55","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/wind\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #333399\">General Areas of Research<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>The atmospheric boundary layer wind tunnel at UC Davis has many possible applications. \u00a0Some areas of research undertaken by the ABLWT in the past include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" title=\"Air Pollution \/ Air Toxins Studies\" href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/wind\/research\/air-pollution-air-toxins-studies\/\">Air Pollution\/Air Toxin Studies<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" title=\"Pedestrian Level Winds\" href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/wind\/research\/pedestrian-level-winds\/\">Pedestrian Level Winds<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" title=\"Wind Power\" href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/wind\/research\/wind-power\/\">Wind Power<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" title=\"Aerodynamics of Flexible Structures\" href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/wind\/research\/aerodynamics-of-flexible-structures\/\">Aerodynamics of Flexible Structures<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" title=\"Wind Loads on Structures\" href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/wind\/research\/wind-loads-on-structures\/\">Wind Loads on Structures<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;text-decoration: underline\">Other Industrial and Commercial Applications<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">Air Pollution\/Air Toxins Studies<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>City Planning and Analysis<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Locating stack positions<\/li>\n<li>Exhaust re-entrainment<\/li>\n<li>Determination of stack heights<\/li>\n<li>Assessment of bio-hazard\/radioactive exhausts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Accidental Gaseous Releases<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Short term exposure estimates<\/li>\n<li>Long term exposure estimates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Indoor Air Quality Evaluations<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>HVAC performance<\/li>\n<li>Outdoor wind effects<\/li>\n<li>Location of doors\/windows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Particle Emission and Transport<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Dust emission from tailings<\/li>\n<li>Sand transport<\/li>\n<li>Sand\/dust storm simulations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">Pedestrian Level Winds<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>City Planning and Analysis<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Assessment of future development<\/li>\n<li>Mitigation of existing problems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Wind Environment of High Rise Buildings<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Pedestrian comfort analysis<\/li>\n<li>Effectiveness of mitigation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Sports Stadium\/Complex Evaluation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>3Com Stadium<\/li>\n<li>Proposed San Francisco 49er&#8217;s complex<\/li>\n<li>San Francisco Giant&#8217;s downtown PacBell Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Site Specific Wind Environment Analysis<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Small shopping mall wind environment<\/li>\n<li>Mitigation of wind caused problems<\/li>\n<li>Assessment of door locations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">Wind Power<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>Sitting Wind Turbines for Wind Farms<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Measurement of mean and turbulence quantities in site simulations<\/li>\n<li>Estimates of annual energy output from integration of wind tunnel results with full scale meteorological data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">Other Industrial and Commercial\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399\">Applications<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>Analysis of Natural Ventilation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Buildings and building complexes<\/li>\n<li>Parking garage structures<\/li>\n<li>Cooling tower re-circulation<\/li>\n<li>Odor analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Snow\/Sand Loading and Cumulation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Minimizing snow\/sand depositions<\/li>\n<li>Roofing loading by snow\/sand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">Aerodynamics of Flexible Structures<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>Thin Membrane Roof \/ Canvas Covering<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Pressure loading measurement<\/li>\n<li>Rain penetration analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Solid Structures<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>High Rise buildings<\/li>\n<li>Low Rise buildings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">Wind Loads of Structures<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>High Rise Buildings<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Cladding force loads<\/li>\n<li>Window force loads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Low Rise Buildings<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Pressure distributions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Flexible Structures<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Suspension bridges<\/li>\n<li>Long span bridges<\/li>\n<li>Fabric roots<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Areas of Research The atmospheric boundary layer wind tunnel at UC Davis has many possible applications. \u00a0Some areas of research undertaken by the ABLWT in the past include: Air Pollution\/Air Toxin Studies Pedestrian Level Winds Wind Power Aerodynamics of Flexible Structures Wind Loads on Structures Other Industrial and Commercial \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/wind\/research\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; 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