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PRJ-1434 | Cyber-Physical Systems Approach for the Optimal Design in Wind Engineering: Parapet Walls
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Project TypeExperimental
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Cyber-Physical Systems Approach to the Optimal Design of Structures for Wind Hazards | 1636039
Related Work
Keywordscyber-physical systems, mechatronic, optimization, boundary layer wind tunnel
DOI10.17603/ds2-p8wj-ey61
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Description:

The research objective of this project is to develop a cyber-physical systems (CPS) approach to the optimal design of structures for wind hazards. The approach combines the accuracy of physical wind tunnel testing with the efficiency of numerical optimization algorithms to create an efficient approach to structural design. Experiments are executed in a wind tunnel, sensor feedback is monitored by a computer, and optimization algorithms dictate physical changes to the model in the wind tunnel. The traditional design process involving wind tunnel testing is an iterative procedure that can take weeks or months. Rather than having to construct multiple entirely new models, a model with physically adjustable parameters can be used to streamline the design process to efficiently reach the optimal solution much quicker than purely experimental methods and with a higher degree of realism than purely numerical methods. These experiments represent a portion of the project and they involve the testing results of a mechatronic low-rise building model with an outer parapet wall of variable height.

Experiment | Cyber-physical Optimization of Parapet Wall Height for a Low-rise Building Model
Cite This Data:
Whiteman, M., P. Fernández-Cabán, B. Phillips, F. Masters, J. Davis, J. Bridge (2019). "Cyber-physical Optimization of Parapet Wall Height for a Low-rise Building Model", in Cyber-Physical Systems Approach for the Optimal Design in Wind Engineering: Parapet Walls. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-qrt3-8730

Experiment | Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Tests of a Low-rise Building Model with Varying Parapet Height
Cite This Data:
Whiteman, M., P. FERNANDEZ-CABAN, B. Phillips, F. Masters, J. Davis, J. Rice (2019). "Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Tests of a Low-rise Building Model with Varying Parapet Height", in Cyber-Physical Systems Approach for the Optimal Design in Wind Engineering: Parapet Walls. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-edh5-nd38

Data Depot | DesignSafe-CI