[Towertalk] Estimation of yagi windload

[K4JA Paul]

Hello All

Anyone wishing to do serious yagi Windload work should consider yagi stress.
It answers all the questions.  http://yagistress.freeyellow.com/

I use it in all my home built yagies.

GL

Paul K4JA




----- Original Message -----
From: "jljarvis" <jljarvis@adelphia.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, 06 July, 2002 14:02
Subject: [Towertalk] Estimation of yagi windload


>
> Towertalkians:
>
> In thinking about Eric's question of windload on a helix,
> I came to realize I'd never seen a thorough approach to
> windload on a yagi.
>
> *  Does anyone have a reference to a published analysis?
>
> *  Thinking about it:
>
> * To what degree are 'hidden' elements shadowed by
> those before them?  It probably depends on windspeed
> and element diameter, as well as spacing.
>
> *  My guess is, "not at all", in which case, one sums
> the exposed area of the elements and degrades that by
> whatever the flat/round factor is. (.70?)
>
> *  Further, I suspect that maximum exposed area occurs
> around 45 degrees, where one takes .707 of the exposed
> boom area, plus .707 of the exposed elements area,
> each multiplied by the flat/round factor, and then summed.
>
>
> I suspect a search in the IEEE journal might yield something;
> that's my next step.
>
> Has anyone seen reference to wind tunnel studies, in support
> of mathematical models/approximations?
>
> Jim Jarvis/N2EA
>
>
>
>
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