Wind loading on tall buildings

Mendis, P; Ngo, T; Haritos, N; Hira, A; Samali, B; Cheung, J

Wind loading on tall buildings

Mendis, P Ngo, T Haritos, N Hira, A Samali, B

Cheung, J

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Citation:: Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, 2007, 7 pp. 41 - 54
Issue Date:: 2007-12-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Mendis, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ngo, T	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Haritos, N	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hira, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Samali, B https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3426-7745	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cheung, J	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, 2007, 7 pp. 41 - 54	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1443-9255	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/5822
dc.description.abstract	Simple quasi-static treatment of wind loading, which is universally applied to design of typical low to medium-rise structures, can be unacceptably conservative for design of very tall buildings. On the other hand such simple treatment can easily lead to erroneous results and under-estimations. More importantly such a simplified treatment for deriving lateral loads does not address key design issues including dynamic response (effects of resonance, acceleration, damping, structural stiffness), interference from other structures, wind directionality, and cross wind response, which are all important factors in wind design of tall buildings. This paper provides an outline of advanced levels of wind design, in the context of the Australian Wind Code, and illustrates the exceptional benefits it offers over simplified approaches. Wind tunnel testing, which has the potential benefits of further refinement in deriving design wind loading and its effects on tall buildings, is also emphasized.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Civil Engineering	en_US
dc.title	Wind loading on tall buildings	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	7	en_US
utslib.for	0905 Civil Engineering	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	7	en_US

Abstract:

Simple quasi-static treatment of wind loading, which is universally applied to design of typical low to medium-rise structures, can be unacceptably conservative for design of very tall buildings. On the other hand such simple treatment can easily lead to erroneous results and under-estimations. More importantly such a simplified treatment for deriving lateral loads does not address key design issues including dynamic response (effects of resonance, acceleration, damping, structural stiffness), interference from other structures, wind directionality, and cross wind response, which are all important factors in wind design of tall buildings. This paper provides an outline of advanced levels of wind design, in the context of the Australian Wind Code, and illustrates the exceptional benefits it offers over simplified approaches. Wind tunnel testing, which has the potential benefits of further refinement in deriving design wind loading and its effects on tall buildings, is also emphasized.

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