Snow wind tunnel experiment for snowdrift prediction of domed stadium

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

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Abstract

As baseball gets more and more popular the interest of fans increases. Since baseball game in its nature is influenced very much by weather the necessity of a domed stadium has been raised. At this moment a membrane structured domed stadium is under construction. As can be understood from the roof collapse of Minnesota Metrom by a heavy snowfall in 2011, the snow load occupies a very important part in membrane structure. To calculate the snow load snowdrift prediction is necessary and snow is piled mainly at the side or roof of a building. Hence, in this study a snowdrift wind tunnel test of a domed stadium was made to simulate snowdrift; using it the maximum depth of fresh snowdrift is estimated to be in the range of 3.4cm-37cm on the roof of a domed stadium.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Construction Technologies
PublisherTrans Tech Publications
Pages216-221
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9783038350859
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event4th International Conference on Structures and Building Materials, ICSBM 2014 - Guangzhou, China
Duration: 2014.03.152014.03.16

Publication series

NameAdvanced Materials Research
Volume919-921
ISSN (Print)1022-6680

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Structures and Building Materials, ICSBM 2014
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuangzhou
Period14.03.1514.03.16

Keywords

  • Accumulation coefficient
  • Domded stadium
  • Snow drift
  • Wind tunnel

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Engineering & Technology

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