Assessment on Time-Varying Thermal Loading of Engineering Structures Based on a New Solar Radiation Model

This paper aims to carry out the condition assessment on solar radiation model and thermal loading of bridges. A modification factor is developed to change the distribution of solar intensities during a whole day. In addition, a new solar radiation model for civil engineering structures is proposed...

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Main Authors: Bo Chen, Yu-zhou Sun, Gan-jun Wang, Ling-yan Duan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/639867