Environmental Wind Engineering and Design of Wind Energy Structures

The book presents a state-of-the-art in environmental aerodynamics and the structural design of wind energy support structures, particularly from a modern computational perspective. Examples include real-life applications dealing with pollutant dispersion in the building environment, pedestrian-level winds, comfort levels, relevant legislation and remedial measures. Design methodologies for wind energy structures include reliability assessment and code frameworks.

State-of-the-art material not available in other books Design for sound and safe buildings almost pollutant-free Promotes wind energy applications with proper structural design in seismic and non-seismic areas

Inhalt
T. Stathopoulos: Introduction to environmental aerodynamics.- T. Stathopoulos: Applications of environmental aerodynamics.- B. Blocken: Computational wind engineering. Theory and applications.- A. Zasso, P. Schito: Aero-servo-elastic design of wind turbines: numerical and wind tunnel modeling contribution.- P. Schaumann et al.: Support structures of wind energy converters.- C. C. Baniotopoulos et al.: Topics of the design of tubular steel wind turbine towers.- C. Borri, P. Biagnini, E. Marion: Large wind turbines in earthquake areas: structural analyses, design/construction and in-situ testing.