A study on the snow load of arched house using wind tunnel simulation

  • Sun Young Paek
  • , Jang Youl You
  • , Ki Pyo You
  • , Young Moon Kim

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Abstract

A damage occurrence of single-span type greenhouse by heavy snowfall in Korea, M shape collapse where roof rafters are damaged by the excessive snow load of the roof occurs frequently regardless of area. Hence in this paper, the snowdrift pattern of the arched house by shape will be performed using snow wind tunnel simulation. Experimental results indicated that the snowfalls on the roof of the arched house occur variously depending on the shape, layout and location. As a result of estimating the load standard by roof slope angle and the values of snow loads using wind tunnel experiment, roof slopes showed 30% in 0°-15°and 80% in 45°-70° respectively, which were significant percentages in the snowdrift experiment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 8th Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, APCWE 2013
EditorsNagesh R. Iyer, Prem Krishna, Rajan S. Selvi, P. Harikrishna
PublisherResearch Publishing Services
Pages273-280
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9789810780111
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event8th Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, APCWE 2013 - Chennai, India
Duration: 2013.12.102013.12.14

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 8th Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, APCWE 2013

Conference

Conference8th Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering, APCWE 2013
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityChennai
Period13.12.1013.12.14

Keywords

  • Arched house
  • Roof slope
  • Snow load
  • Snowdrift
  • Wind tunnel

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Engineering - Electrical & Electronic

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