High-rise buildings are often tapered at their peaks due to wind load reduction considerations. Without effective aerodynamic optimizations, high-rise buildings exhibit low natural frequency and ...

ABSTRACT The analytical formulae are proposed to estimate the maximum value for along-wind load and across-wind load on the wind turbine towers by using the quasi-steady analysis. The critical ...

Offshore wind turbines, particularly floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs), operate in highly dynamic and often severe marine environments where extreme loads induced by wind, waves and currents can ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reported on Sept. 17 that it has done additional analysis of the wind "loads" that the World Trade Center (WTC) towers were originally ...

Abstract: The increasing penetration of wind power poses challenges to the power grid operation and scheduling. Yet, if the uncertainty of wind power can be economically and effectively managed on the ...