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 ...

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 ...

With extreme weather events becoming all too common, and a growing list of PV projects that have been damaged or destroyed by strong winds, ensuring that mounting structures are able to withstand the ...

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 ...

Wind turbine sizes and, specifically, rotor blade lengths and tower heights are increasing. CT recently highlighted power provider Alstom’s (Levallois-Perret Cedex, France) installation of ...

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 ...

In this pv magazine Webinar, we will review fatigue loading from hurricane and high-wind events and their impact on solar trackers Single-axis solar trackers need to be designed with extreme weather ...

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 ...