Early wind engineering experiments in Denmark

Guy Larose; Niels Franck

Early wind engineering experiments in Denmark

Guy Larose
, Niels Franck

Monberg and Thorsen A/S

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Abstract

A review of works by Danish wind engineers is presented to commemorate the 100th year anniversary of the first wind tunnel experiments. Pioneer tests by Irminger and Nøkkentved in "artificial" wind on scaled models are described. The early experiments aimed at measuring the surface pressure distribution around bodies ranging from bird wings to buildings. The experiments shed light on the importance of suction on the overall wind loading. Martin Jensen combined field measurements of pressure distributions to model scale experiments to write "The Model-Law for Phenomena in Natural Wind" that governs today´s wind engineering practice and gave birth to the boundary layer wind tunnel.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
Volume	72
Pages (from-to)	493-499
ISSN	0167-6105
Publication status	Published - 1997

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