Research Article

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

Table 2

Peak temperature of the deck plate on July, 17, 2005 (Unit: °C).

ComponentMinimumMaximum
MeasuredSimulatedMeasuredSimulated

Bottom of trough
(Ch. 66)
27.7028.2641.9640.83
Middle of trough
(Ch. 67)
27.5828.2745.7444.74
Deck plate
(Ch. 68)
27.1228.2549.9551.28