Upcoming Events at Powell Family Structures & Materials Lab
Thu Aug 22, 4:00 PM - Thu Aug 22, 5:00 PM
2070 NE Waldo Rd. Building 1626, UF East Campus, Gainesville, FL 32609
Community: Gainesville
Description
Located at UF's East Campus, the wind hazard facility experimentally evaluates the way extreme winds interact with man-made infrastructure.
Event Details
Located at UF's East Campus, the wind hazard facility experimentally evaluates the way extreme winds interact with man-made infrastructure.
Currently, the laboratory uses eight large fans to push wind, which isn’t a good replica of what happens in the natural world. The way wind behaves is fundamentally different. The new multi-fan flow field modulator’s 319 individually controlled fans will be capable of replicating extreme wind phenomena beyond the eight-fan array. While some parts for the new modulator were supplied by outsourced vendors, the bulk of the technology was created in-house at the Powell Laboratory using 3D printers and the machine shop.
The laboratory is a national hub for experimental research making homes and businesses safer in hurricanes and tornadoes. The lab is among seven labs in the nation with the designation of “Experimental Facilities” under the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure program, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, and is one of the two dedicated to studying extreme wind events. UF’s laboratory is entering its fourth year in the program.
If you would like to attend, please wear long pants and closed toe shoes. This is a working lab and machine shop, so safety standards need to be followed.
Currently, the laboratory uses eight large fans to push wind, which isn’t a good replica of what happens in the natural world. The way wind behaves is fundamentally different. The new multi-fan flow field modulator’s 319 individually controlled fans will be capable of replicating extreme wind phenomena beyond the eight-fan array. While some parts for the new modulator were supplied by outsourced vendors, the bulk of the technology was created in-house at the Powell Laboratory using 3D printers and the machine shop.
The laboratory is a national hub for experimental research making homes and businesses safer in hurricanes and tornadoes. The lab is among seven labs in the nation with the designation of “Experimental Facilities” under the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure program, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, and is one of the two dedicated to studying extreme wind events. UF’s laboratory is entering its fourth year in the program.
If you would like to attend, please wear long pants and closed toe shoes. This is a working lab and machine shop, so safety standards need to be followed.
