Wind tunnel testing of high-rise buildings : an output of the CTBUH Wind Engineering Working Group / Peter Irwin, Roy Denoon & David Scott.

By: Irwin, H. P. A. H. (Hamlyn Peter Anthony Hugh), 1945-Contributor(s): Denoon, Roy | Scott, David (Structural engineer) | Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Wind Engineering Working GroupMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013Description: 47 p. : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type: 36 ISBN: 9780415714594 (paperback : alkaline paper); 0415714591 (paperback : alkaline paper)Subject(s): Tall buildings -- Aerodynamics | Tall buildings -- Design and construction | Wind tunnel testing | Structural analysis (Engineering)DDC classification: 690.21 LOC classification: TA654.5 | .I78 2013
Contents:
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.
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"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.

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