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RAIL BALTICA Riga Central Railway Station project undergoes wind tunnel tests in Canada
On behalf of the company BERERIX, in Canada engineers of the company RWDI have performed wind tunnel and wind comfort tests for the future Rail Baltica Riga Central Railway Station. The main objective of the tests is to evaluate the safety of constructions and how comfortable people will feel on platforms.
The wind tunnel test aims to determine the impact of wind on constructions, it is applied to large, complicated or multi-storey houses where the wind pressure is a crucial part of the project when planning loads of constructions and selecting appropriate construction materials. For the Riga Station project, tests were performed for the station building and shelters along platforms.
In order to perform the test, engineers in Canada created a model station building, equipped with sensors, and during the test they measure the impact of wind on constructions.
Having regard to the specifics of the Riga City, in order to imitate all potential weather conditions and obtain sufficient amount of wind flow data, the Rail Baltica Riga Central Railway Station test checked 24 wind directions.
The wind comfort test seeks to find out how comfortable people feel on a railway platform in windy weather in order to design comfortable and secure outdoor premises. The future station building has a special shape, namely, it lower part has large arches that on the platform level allow a natural wind flow. These tests also examined 24 wind directions and not less than 100 spots on the platform. Results of the tests will help to assess suitability of various areas for sitting, standing, walk and will timely identify place that for people are uncomfortable and insecure to be able to improve them when planning the project.
RAIL BALTICA RIGA CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION PROJECT UNDERGOES WIND TUNNEL TESTS