Tested for:
Resistance of the engineered turf systems to severe wind forces.
Research Facilities:
- Georgia Tech Research Institute Aerospace, Transportation and Advanced Systems Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia
- Flat model to evaluate aerodynamic lift and drag forces
- Florida International University Wall of Wind Experimental Facility at the International Hurricane Research Center in Miami, Florida
- Rooftop model with parapets to evaluate the “worst-case scenario” wind forces on a rooftop installation
- ViGYAN, a private research facility located in Hampton, Virginia since 1979
- Flat model to evaluate severe wind gust conditions
- Iowa State Wind Simulation and Testing (WiST) Laboratory (2018-2021)
- 3D scaled landfill models to evaluate the wind pressures present on slopes and at slope transitions