Research Article
Oct 1982
Mutual Interference Drag on Signs and Luminaires
Authors: James F. Marchman III and Todd D. WermeAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Journal of the Structural Division
Volume 108, Issue 10
Abstract
Wind tunnel tests were conducted to determine the increase in drag on flat plate and luminaire models due to the proximity of nearby models of like shape. Test results showed drag increases of up to twenty percent due to interference between the flows around the two bodies. The maximum interference drag generally occurred at a spacing of about 20% of a single model width. Several models exhibited a pronounced dip in the data where interference drag first decreased and then increased again. On the luminaire model this resulted in an optimum spacing where the interference drag went to zero.
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Journal of the Structural Division
Volume 108 • Issue 10 • October 1982
Pages: 2235 - 2244
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© 1982 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Oct 1982
Published online: Feb 1, 2021
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James F. Marchman III
Wind Tunnel Dir. and Assoc. Prof. of Aerospace and Ocean Engrg., Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg, Va.
Todd D. Werme
Undergrad. Asst., Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg, Va.
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