Experimental Study of UTM New Sport Complex

Norazila Othman; Shabudin Mat; Mastura Ab. Wahid; Shuhaimi Mansor; Md. Nizam Dahalan

Authors

Norazila Othman Department of Aeronatical, Automotive and Offshore Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru Malaysia
Shabudin Mat Department of Aeronatical, Automotive and Offshore Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru Malaysia
Mastura Ab. Wahid Department of Aeronatical, Automotive and Offshore Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru Malaysia
Shuhaimi Mansor Department of Aeronatical, Automotive and Offshore Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru Malaysia
Md. Nizam Dahalan Department of Aeronatical, Automotive and Offshore Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru Malaysia

Keywords:

UTM stadium model, flow visualisation , smoke wire technique , pressure measurements

Abstract

Wind loading is generally dominated by the separated wind flow over the roof, which resulted in pressure distribution that varies greatly in both space and time. The objective of this project is to investigate the flow visualisation of UTM new sport complex roof in wind tunnel experiment. The UTM stadium model with the scale 1:40 was used in the wind tunnel test experiment. Two different methods were employed in this research which is flow visualisation test by using smoke generator and pressure measurements on the top surface of the roof. For flow visualisation, the images were captured by using digital camera while the pressure measurement data were measured using pressure scanner. The wind tunnel test has been done successfully and the results from both wind tunnel tests were compared for validation purpose.