When I was a new Engineer my boss had his stack design questioned by a client. My boss responded "Sir, I will serve you tea on the downwind side of that stack on the windiest day of the year." That line (and disturbing image) has never left my mind. Designing tall...
Would you like to be able to calculate all of your Components & Cladding (C&C) values with one Click? In this article that's what we are going to show you. Component and Cladding Summary: The normal way of analyzing C&C in MecaWind is to enter each...
When and why should I use guy wires on a stack? When a stack has a vortex shedding problem there can be many factors that determine which solutions are the best. Guy wires aren't always the most conventional solution, but its always an option to consider.How do Guy...
It was Tom Cruise in "Top Gun" who once said, "I feel the need, the need for speed". I sometimes wonder if Tom Cruise is on the ASCE 7 committee, because it feels like they have the need to change the wind speed basis with every new release of ASCE 7. I'm not...
I'll bet "Slow Down" isn't an expression you hear much in your business. I dream of a day when a customer tells me, "Slow down, we really don't care when you finish your design." I can't get you more time on your deadline, but I can tell you one instance that...
I live in Oklahoma and during the Spring and Fall seasons we tend to have a lot of tornadoes, and that's why this part of the country is part of the region dubbed "Tornado Alley." Since our company sells the MecaWind software, we sometimes get asked whether MecaWind...
In my humble opinion, the Movie Top Gun is one of the best movies of all time. One of the best parts is when Tom Cruise says "I feel the need, the need for speed". It's not just a great line, it also applies to many stack designs. More speed (critical wind speed)...
Calculating pressures on windows and doors is one of the most common operations performed in MecaWind, and so we thought we would make a brief video to explain the way to calculate Components and Cladding (C&C). We also show some tips for new features in...
When a vortex shedding problem exists on a stack, sometimes the most economical option is a damping pad. What is a damping pad?A damping pad is a preformed laminated fabric pad of a manufactured material composed of layers of tightly twisted, closely woven lightweight...
