Simulation-driven Wind Load Analysis and Prediction for Large Steerable Radio Telescopes

• Published in: 天文和天体物理学研究 Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 18 - 27
• Main Authors: Shuai Li, Bao-Qing Han, Shao-Yi Liu, Wen-Juan Wang, Ben-Ben Wang, Xin-Yu Zhang, Long-Yang Wang, Qian Xu, Na Wang, Wu-Lin Zhao, Cong-Si Wang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Key Laboratory of Electronic Equipment Structure Design,Ministry of Education,Xidian University,Xi,an 710071,China%Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Urumqi 830011,China%The 39th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation,Xi'an 710065,China%Guangzhou Institute of Technology,Xidian University,Guangzhou 510555,China 2023
• Subjects: methods:numerical; atmospheric effects; telescopes; methods:data analysis

Large steerable radio telescopes can rotate in azimuth and elevation,with various upwind postures and complex wind load characteristics.In order to obtain the wind load distribution on the reflector and the wind force coefficients in different upwind postures,this work took the reflector of the QiTa...