Code
3G086517
Duration
01 January 2017 → 31 December 2020
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Fluid mechanics
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Engineering and technology
- Structural design
- Building engineering not elsewhere classified
- Wind engineering
- High performance computing
- Modelling and simulation
Keywords
wind-structure interaction
membrane structures
Project description
This research project investigates the influence of wind loading on the structural behaviour of membrane structures by means of wind tunnel tests and numerical simulations.
With correctly estimated wind pressure coefficients a more accurate design and analysis of membrane structures will lead to safer and more optimal membrane structures. The results will contribute to new design and analysis guidelines.