Wind Load Reduction in Hollow Panel Arrayed Set

Figure 1

(a) Typical solar panel 0.99 × 1.66 m × m and (b) a 0.31 × 0.31 m × m rectangular shape hole cut at the panel gravity center. The solar panel with hole measures 1.06 × 1.66 m × m. Each panel type exposes to wind the same surface area.

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