CYCLONE-PRONE areas are likely to reap the benefits of a wind tunnel devised
By the structural Engineering Research Centre(SERC), a unit of the Council of
Industrial Research
(CSIR)
based in Madras. Recently, CSIR
the cyclones unveiled plans to commission
the tun
nel mechanism to carry out experimen
I wen are likely to reap tal
investigations on model structures
of a wind tunnel devised by simulating
conditions of cyclones.
wd Engineering Research According to T V S
R Appa Rao, director,
a anit of the Council of SE11c and
coordinating director, CSIR
Madras complex, this
now Anherfes is part of a project
being Implemented
by SERC to evolve
improved guidelines
for designing cyclone
resistant and safe
structures. Another
facet of the pro
gramme is to evolve a
mechanism, using
new mathematical
tools, to predict a
building's vulnerabi
lity or probability of
getting damaged due
to cyclones.
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