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Mstower drag force coefficient for square plan towers with circular members

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I have tried to manually compare the drag coefficient results on a bare tower for square plan towers with circular members.  I have solidity of front face between 0.1 to 0.3

When I use the code AS3995 in Mstower, my results came out to a very close match to the loading log from Mstower v6.20.1.11.

But when I use the code AS1170 in Mstower, my results was very different for "Onto corner" to the loading log from Mstower v6.20.1.11

bV is < 3m^2/s and solidity of 0.16

My manual calculations show Cd = 2.3 as per AS/NZS 1170.2-2011 Amdt 2-2012 Table E6(B)

My believe is that MStower v6.20.1.11 also uses the table from AS/NZS 1170.2-2011 Amdt 2-2012 Table E6(B), but the loading log shows a Cd = 2.25 on the same tower frame.

Can I confirm that Mstower uses the drag table from AS/NZS 1170.2-2011 Amdt 2-2012 Table E6(B) when AS1170 is specified as the code in the twr file?


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