Buy article PDF
The purchased file will be sent to you
via email after the payment is completed.
US$ 35
|
Wind and Structures Volume 16, Number 2, February 2013 , pages 213-224 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/was.2013.16.2.213 |
|
|
|
Guide plates on wind uplift of a solar collector model |
||
K.M. Chung , K.C. Chang , C.K. Chen and C.C. Chou
|
||
| Abstract | ||
| One of the key issues affecting the promotion of solar water heaters in Taiwan is the severe impact of typhoon each year. An experimental study was conducted to investigate the wind uplift characteristic of a solar collector model with and without a guide plate. The guide plate with different lengths and orientations with respect to wind direction was adopted. It is found that the wind uplift of a solar collector is associated with the tilt angle of the flat panel as expected. A cavity formed between the guide plate and the flat panel has a significant effect on the distributions of streamwsie and lateral pressure. Reduction in uplift is essentially coupled with the projected area of a guide plate on the lower surface of the tilt flat panel. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| guide plate; solar collector; uplift; wind load, typhoon | ||
| Address | ||
| K.M. Chung : Aerospace Science and Technology Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan K.C. Chang , C.K. Chen and C.C. Chou : Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan | ||