Clemson University's Wind Load Test Facility was created after Hurricane Hugo so that researchers would have a place to run tests in the hopes of keeping people safer during storms.The facility houses ...

CLEMSON — In a nondescript industrial steel building not far from Clemson University’s main campus, civil engineers fire two-by-four lumber out of an air cannon and test model buildings in a 50-mph ...

The study was conducted in TJ-3 wind tunnel of Tongji University, of which the scale ranks second among similar wind tunnels in the world. It utilized a large-scale multi-row array model (measuring 5m ...

Researchers at Clemson University's wind-load test facility are among the innovators striving to learn more about the impact of hurricanes on homes. Clemson's wind tunnel was among the first to be ...

The WTTC opened in 2011 and has since evolved to test longer wind turbine blades (Credit: DOE) When WTTC opened in 2011, it tested land-based wind turbine blades that typically spanned around 50 ...

In January 2024, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led 45 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and ...

AMES, Iowa – Grant Schmitz, eyes inches from a 6.5-by-12-foot panel of ultra-high performance concrete, studied the smooth surface for tiny cracks. He and other research engineers carefully marked ...

As extreme wind events are becoming more intense across New Zealand and the Pacific, roofs are often the first point of failure. But they remain one of the most overlooked elements in discussions ...