Research Article

A Scale Model of Tension Structures in Road Tunnels to Optimize the Use of Solar Light for Energy Saving

Table 3

Energy saving (%) for three tension structure shapes at the times tested.

Energy savings for the right lane (%)Energy savings for the left lane (%)
TIME12:00 h14:15 h16:00 h12:00 h14:15 h16:00 h

Structure 174.2562.3146.7651.4072.1186.60
Structure 271.5769.6958.1941.9665.8096.56
Structure 360.6259.1747.1739.3456.7876.21