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In the paper, the theoretical natural vibration frequencies and mode shapes of the chimney with and without the flexibility of soil were compared with the experimental results of two field tests carried out in December 2008 and in May 2011 by using GPS technology. Three GPS rover receivers were installed at three various levels. The GPS was able to measure only the first natural frequencies and mode shapes of the chimney. The damping ratios and maximum displacements of the chimney using the band-pass filtering technique for both tests were also determined. The measured dynamic characteristics are important for the assessment of the technical state of the chimney. The estimated dynamic characteristics, using GPS measurements, are compatible with the computed results.

The paper presents the method and results of wind tunnel investigations of Strouhal number of stationary iced cable model of cable-stayed bridge. The investigations were performed in a Climatic Wind Tunnel Laboratory of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Telc. The experimental icing of the inclined cable model in the climatic chamber of the laboratory was made. The shape of the iced model was registered by a numerical photogrammetry method. For the aerodynamic tunnel investigations, the new iced cable model was made by using 3D printing method. The Strouhal number was determined within the range of the Reynolds number between 28·103 and 122·103, on the basis of the dominant vortex shedding frequency measured in the flow behind the model.

The present paper describes field tests conducted on the 300 m tall industrial chimney, located in the power station of Bełchatów (Poland), where the GPS rover receivers were installed at three various levels. The objectives of these GPS tests were to investigate the deformed vertical profile of this chimney, and its dynamic characteristics, i.e. the first natural frequency and the modal damping ratios. The results for the satellite signal receptions, the synopsis of recorded baselines and their ambiguity solutions, drifts of the chimney due to solar radiation and air temperature variations and dynamic wind response characteristics are presented.