CSE531 Wind Engineering Assignment Answers

Assignment 1
Q2.
Wind Speed V (m/s) Probability Distribution Exceedance Probability Return Period Probability density
15 0.0133 0.9867 1.0 0.0133
16 0.0746 0.9254 1.1 0.0613
17 0.2103 0.7897 1.3 0.1357
18 0.3918 0.6082 1.6 0.1816
19 0.5696 0.4304 2.3 0.1777
20 0.7131 0.2869 3.5 0.1435
21 0.8161 0.1839 5.4 0.1031
22 0.8851 0.1149 8.7 0.0690
23 0.9293 0.0707 14.1 0.0442
24 0.9569 0.0431 23.2 0.0276

Q3.
z (m) Vd (m/s) Wind Code Table F3 V (m/s)
5 35.81 35.8
10 38.65 38.7
20 41.71 41.7
30 43.61 43.6
50 46.13 46.2
75 48.24 48.3
100 49.79 49.8
150 52.06 52.1
200 53.73 53.8
250 55.07 55.1
300 56.18 56.2
400 57.99 58.0
> 500 59.43 59.5

Q4. VG = 188 knots = 96.6 m/s

V = 100 knots = 51.4 m/s

Q5. z = 149 m

Q6. Iz = 0.1062

Assignment 2
Q1.
Height V (m/s)
z (m) Henry Liu's Method 2004 Wind Code Method
10 55.52 52.55
100 66.19 67.69
200 65.90 69.19

C p 2  a 2 C p1 Cd 1 A1
Q2. C pi  where a 
1 a 2
Cd 2 A2

Q3. Q = 16.21 MN
M = 1880 MNm

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CSE531 Wind Engineering Assignment Answers
Q4. FD = –34 N/m
FL = 1592 N/m
M = 1163.75 Nm/m (in anticlockwise direction)

Assignment 3
A
Q1.  x 
2
1   2 T0 T
Rx      A for    0
 2 T0  2 2
2
A
 x2 
2
A2
Var   x2 
4
A
x 
2

16 S0 1
Q2. S x     for 0    0
m 0 
2 4
2 2
 2
 1  4     0.04    
  
  0    0  
 

 mx1  2cx1  cx2  2kx1  kx2  F1

Q3. 
 2mx2  cx1  cx2  kx1  kx2  0
13.235S0
x12   x21  Rx1  0  
k mk
30.88S0
x22   x22  Rx2  0  
k mk

Assignment 4
Q1. (1)  x  2.95 mm
(2) xˆ  34.1 mm
(3) F  22.4 kN
Fˆ  32.1 kN
M  201.6 kNm
Mˆ  288.9 kNm

Q2.  a  1.5%
AB  0.9589
 x  5.01 mm
xˆ  41.3 mm

Q4. Tmax = 92.21 MNm

  0.367 m/s 2
v

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