“= to BSDU (19/8). “Ovalling™ oseti1azion: Structures, Jt 1s generally found that 100 4s required to excite ovalling oscil Thus aulti-flue chiaseys of Targe O.D at the top (say 20's or more) and wall thickness (sey 2f the order of 200 a=) may be prone to ovelling tendencies. Even in such cases, che radial stiffening effect of the top most siab can be used to suppress any tendencies for ovelling oscillations. It seens safe co conclude that ovalling Oscillations is not possibility in RCC. chianeye, “It may be isportant in steel chisneys, unlers a stiffening ring 18 provided near the top. ensures to suppress vortex excited oscillations Tets generally felt that periodic vortex excitation of single isolated chiaseys ot load enhancement due to aerodynamic inteferrence by the saze sechanisn is probably the nost serious leadiag condition, transverse to the ¢irection of flow. This can happen vsen the vind is either at about 15° to the Hine of ehinneys or when it is nearly aornel, the condition for jn lead enhancenent, being not yet clear. Alarge nunber of reacéial mesaures to suppress or alleviate the effects of periodic Yortex excitation have been developed, we have presented ia Tigel0, these devices where rome ‘additional material to the collection given by Zacavkovich (1981) have been added. Te is possible that this figure does not include all kaown devices. ‘nation of open-nouthed thickweas of the order of Fige10 Aerodynamic and other remedial scasures suggested for oscillations From the point of view of practical application, only continvous strakes (ites (a) in Fig.l0) and the discrete strakes of Indian Institute of Science (ites (a) 19 Pig.l0), seea to have found widest use-