Abstract
In the context of the European Project THUNDERR a scientific collaboration between the Wind Engineering and Structural Dynamics (Windyn) Research Group of the University of Genoa (Italy) and the Wind Engineering, Energy and Environment (WindEEE) Research Institute of Western University (Canada) has been established to study experimentally at the WindEEE Dome facility how the main geometrical and mechanical properties of downbursts are affected by different cloud base outflows of stationary thunderstorms. At present, the analysis of the downbursts simulated experimentally is ongoing and some preliminary elaborations have been obtained concerning the qualitative and quantitative interpretation of the corresponding signals. Classical signal decomposition was applied to experimentally produced downbursts in the WindEEE Dome in order to study transient features of the time series. This study presents the results for two radial positions from downdraft centre and for twenty repetitions per radial position. Several prospects for further research are also discussed.
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This research is funded by European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant agreement No. 741273) for the project THUNDERR - Detection, simulation, modelling and loading of thunderstorm outflows to design wind-safer and cost-efficient structures – through an Advanced Grant (AdG) 2016 and by “Compagnia di San Paolo” for the “Wind monitoring, simulation and forecasting for the smart management and safety of port, urban and territorial systems” Project (grant number 2015.0333, ID ROL: 9820).
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Burlando, M., Romanić, D., Hangan, H., Solari, G. (2019). Wind Tunnel Experimentation on Stationary Downbursts at WindEEE Dome. In: Ricciardelli, F., Avossa, A. (eds) Proceedings of the XV Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering. IN VENTO 2018. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 27. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12815-9_11
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