Wind tunnel testing of high-rise buildings : an output of the CTBUH Wind Engineering Working Group /
Irwin, H. P. A. H. 1945-
Wind tunnel testing of high-rise buildings : an output of the CTBUH Wind Engineering Working Group / Peter Irwin, Roy Denoon & David Scott. - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013. - 47 p. : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
"Council on Tall Buildings and Urban habitat." "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- Basis of Design -- Wind Climate -- 2. Nature of Wind Effects -- Planetary Boundary Layer and Wind Turbulence -- Mean and Fluctuating Loads -- Along-wind, Crosswind, and Torsional Loading -- Background and Resonant Loads -- Serviceability Accelerations -- Vortex Excitation -- Aerodynamic Damping and Galloping -- Cladding Loads -- Reynolds Number Effects -- 3. Wind Tunnel Testing Methods -- Simulation of the Natural Wind at Small Scale -- Test Methods to Determine Wind Loads on the Structural System -- Aeroelastic Model Testing -- Test Methods to Determine Cladding Loads -- Other Types of Wind Related Studies -- 4. Prediction of Load Effects for Strength Design and Serviceability -- Structural Properties of the Building -- Load Effects -- Non-Directional Method -- Sector Velocity Method -- Extreme Load Effect Method -- Upcrossing Methods -- 5. Format for Comparing Wind Tunnel Results -- Types of Comparison -- Wind Climate Models, Velocity Profiles, and Turbulence -- Aerodynamic Data -- Predicted Building Response Variations -- Responses Versus Return Period -- Quality Assurance -- 6. Use of Wind Tunnel Results -- CTBUH Height Criteria -- 100 Tallest Buildings in the World -- CTBUH Organization and Members.
9780415714594 (paperback : alkaline paper) 0415714591 (paperback : alkaline paper)
2013018200
Tall buildings--Aerodynamics.
Tall buildings--Design and construction.
Wind tunnel testing.
Structural analysis (Engineering)
TA654.5 / .I78 2013
690.21 / IPW
Wind tunnel testing of high-rise buildings : an output of the CTBUH Wind Engineering Working Group / Peter Irwin, Roy Denoon & David Scott. - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013. - 47 p. : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
"Council on Tall Buildings and Urban habitat." "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- Basis of Design -- Wind Climate -- 2. Nature of Wind Effects -- Planetary Boundary Layer and Wind Turbulence -- Mean and Fluctuating Loads -- Along-wind, Crosswind, and Torsional Loading -- Background and Resonant Loads -- Serviceability Accelerations -- Vortex Excitation -- Aerodynamic Damping and Galloping -- Cladding Loads -- Reynolds Number Effects -- 3. Wind Tunnel Testing Methods -- Simulation of the Natural Wind at Small Scale -- Test Methods to Determine Wind Loads on the Structural System -- Aeroelastic Model Testing -- Test Methods to Determine Cladding Loads -- Other Types of Wind Related Studies -- 4. Prediction of Load Effects for Strength Design and Serviceability -- Structural Properties of the Building -- Load Effects -- Non-Directional Method -- Sector Velocity Method -- Extreme Load Effect Method -- Upcrossing Methods -- 5. Format for Comparing Wind Tunnel Results -- Types of Comparison -- Wind Climate Models, Velocity Profiles, and Turbulence -- Aerodynamic Data -- Predicted Building Response Variations -- Responses Versus Return Period -- Quality Assurance -- 6. Use of Wind Tunnel Results -- CTBUH Height Criteria -- 100 Tallest Buildings in the World -- CTBUH Organization and Members.
9780415714594 (paperback : alkaline paper) 0415714591 (paperback : alkaline paper)
2013018200
Tall buildings--Aerodynamics.
Tall buildings--Design and construction.
Wind tunnel testing.
Structural analysis (Engineering)
TA654.5 / .I78 2013
690.21 / IPW