A fluid-structure interaction modelling of roof mounted renewable energy installations in low rise buildings for extreme weather and typhoon resilience

• Main Authors: Pantua, Conrad Allan Jay, Calautit, John Kaiser, Wu, Yupeng
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2020
• Subjects: Solar panels-—Installation > Philippines; Solar energy—Climatic factors > Philippines; Typhoons > Philippines; Fluid-structure interaction; Computational fluid dynamics; Mechanical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2406; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/3405/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

Super typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines last 2013 where an estimated 1.1 million homes were damaged. There was massive roofing damage in the houses due to strong winds. With the increasing number of roof-mounted renewable energy installations, there is a clear need to review the curren...