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Due to their natural location, ports are very exposed to extreme weather conditions. Considering in particular terminal containers, the piled containers can fall and get damaged under strong wind. This paper describes a wide research activity aimed at the evaluation of wind effects on containers stability. The analytical formulation of stability conditions shows that they depend on three groups of parameters: the local wind field and turbulence parameters, the friction coefficient between the containers surface and the aerodynamic coefficients of piled containers. The friction coefficient has been analysed by means of in situ tests on the piled containers. The aerodynamic coefficients have been studied by means of wind tunnel tests on scaled models. The main results are shown and discussed.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the VTE management for technical and logistical assistance, with a special thanks to dr. Francesca Meloni and dr. Stefano Mordeglia. This research has been carried out in the framework of the Project “Wind monitoring, simulation and forecasting for the smart management and safety of port, urban and territorial systems”, funded by Compagnia di San Paolo (grant number 2015.0333, ID ROL: 9820) in the period 2016–2018.
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Balbi, A., Repetto, M.P., Solari, G., Freda, A., Riotto, G. (2019). Wind Effects on Containers Stability. In: Ricciardelli, F., Avossa, A. (eds) Proceedings of the XV Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering. IN VENTO 2018. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 27. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12815-9_6
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