scholarly journals Wind tunnel tests of wind action on a high-rise building

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-171
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Bosak
Keyword(s):  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Wind Pressure ◽  
Horizontal Wind ◽  
Wind Tunnel Tests ◽  
Wind Action ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Wind Pressures

The paper summarizes the results of wind tunnel tests of a wind action on a high-rise building design in Warsaw. Measurements were accomplished in Wind Engineering Laboratory of Cracow University of Technology. Wind pressures on external surfaces of the building model were acquired. A study of the character of the wind action on a tower of the building was the main aim of the paper. A triangle shape with rounded corners of the cross section of the tower and a complex group of neighbor buildings support aerodynamic analysis in a wind tunnel. Wind pressure coefficients on the external building surfaces and the global horizontal wind action on the building tower on full scale were analyzed.  

scholarly journals Wind tunnel tests of aerodynamic interference of the high-rise building and its nearest city surroundings

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 079-086
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Bosak
Keyword(s):  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Wind Pressure ◽  
Horizontal Wind ◽  
Wind Tunnel Tests ◽  
Wind Action ◽  
Building Model ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building ◽  
Aerodynamic Interference

The paper summarizes the results of wind tunnel tests of the influence of aerodynamic interference on wind action of a high-rise building design in Warsaw. Measurements were accomplished in Wind Engineering Laboratory of Cracow University of Technology. Wind pressures on external surfaces of the building model were acquired in two different situations. Firstly, only the building model was placed in the tunnel working section, secondly, the building model with the nearest surroundings was taken under consideration. A study of the character of wind action differences caused by the nearest surroundings of the building was the main aim of the paper. Wind pressure coefficients on the external building surfaces and the difference of horizontal wind action on full scale were compared.

scholarly journals WIND TUNNEL TESTS ON THE EFFECTS OF A HIGH-RISE BUILDING ON THE WIND PRESSURE OF SURROUNDING LOW-RISE HOUSES

1995 ◽  
Vol 60 (478) ◽  
pp. 23-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping HE ◽  
Tadahisa KATAYAMA ◽  
Tetsuo HAYASHI ◽  
Jun-ichiro TSUTSUMI ◽  
Masaru NISHIDA
Keyword(s):  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Wind Pressure ◽  
Wind Tunnel Tests ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building

scholarly journals Study of Wind Loads and Wind Speed Amplifications on High-Rise Building with Opening by Numerical Simulation and Wind Tunnel Test

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Fu-Bin Chen ◽  
Xiao-Lu Wang ◽  
Yun Zhao ◽  
Yuan-Bo Li ◽  
Qiu-Sheng Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Wind Speed ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Wind Pressure ◽  
Wind Loads ◽  
Structural Safety ◽  
Pressure Coefficients ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building ◽  
The Mean

High-rise buildings are very sensitive to wind excitations, and wind-induced responses have always been the key factors for structural design. Facade openings have often been used as aerodynamic measures for wind-resistant design of high-rise buildings to meet the requirement of structural safety and comfort. Obvious wind speed amplifications can also be observed inside the openings. Therefore, implementing wind turbines in the openings is of great importance for the utilization of abundant wind energy resources in high-rise buildings and the development of green buildings. Based on numerical simulation and wind tunnel testing, the wind loads and wind speed amplifications on high-rise buildings with openings are investigated in detail. The three-dimensional numerical simulation for wind effects on high-rise building with openings was firstly carried out on FLUENT 15.0 platform by SST k − ε model. The mean wind pressure coefficients and the wind flow characteristics were obtained. The wind speed amplifications at the opening were analyzed, and the distribution law of wind speed in the openings is presented. Meanwhile, a series of wind tunnel tests were conducted to assess the mean and fluctuating wind pressure coefficients in high-rise building models with various opening rates. The variation of wind pressure distribution at typical measuring layers with wind direction was analyzed. Finally, the wind speed amplifications in the openings were studied and verified by the numerical simulation results.

scholarly journals Feasibility study tool for semi-rigid joints design of high-rise buildings steel structures

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 02022
Author(s):  
Ruslan Bagautdinov ◽  
Daria Monastireva ◽  
Irina Bodak ◽  
Irina Potapova
Keyword(s):  
Steel Structures ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Building Structures ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Manufacturing Organizations ◽  
Feature Based ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Rigid Joints

There are many ways to consider the final cost of the high-rise building structures and to define, which of their different variations are the most effective from different points of view. The research of Jaakko Haapio is conducted in Tampere University of Technology, which aims to develop a method that allows determining the manufacturing and installation costs of steel structures already at the tender phase while taking into account their details. This paper is aimed to make the analysis of the Feature-Based Costing Method for skeletal steel structures proposed by Jaakko Haapio. The most appropriate ways to improve the tool and to implement it in the Russian circumstances for high-rise building design are derived. Presented tool can be useful not only for the designers but, also, for the steel structures manufacturing organizations, which can help to utilize BIM technologies in the organization process and controlling on the factory.

Numerical Simulation of Surface Wind Pressures on Low-Rise Buildings

2013 ◽  
Vol 353-356 ◽  
pp. 3545-3548
Author(s):  
Peng Zhao ◽  
Heng Dong ◽  
Jian Sui
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Surface Wind ◽  
Wind Pressure ◽  
Shielding Effect ◽  
Area Density ◽  
Wind Tunnel Tests ◽  
Regular Arrangement ◽  
Wind Pressures

This paper mainly studies the distribution characteristics of surface wind pressure on low-rise buildings. Based on the theory of fluid dynamics, this study uses CFD software Fluent 6.3.26 to conduct numerical simulation of the models in wind tunnel tests by Yong Chul Kim involving four working conditions of different spacing or area density in regular arrangement. Compared with data of wind tunnel tests, the results show that different spacing or area density has significant influence on surface wind pressure of low-rise buildings and surrounding buildings have shielding effect over target buildings.

Wind Tunnel Test of Tall Buildings with Irregularities of Elevation

2014 ◽  
Vol 578-579 ◽  
pp. 1208-1211
Author(s):  
Jian Guo Zhang ◽  
Hui Min Zhuang
Keyword(s):  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Wind Tunnel Test ◽  
Tall Buildings ◽  
Wind Pressure ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Building Models ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Wind Pressures ◽  
Fluctuating Wind

In this paper, 2 high-rise building models with ladder and cascade irregularities of elevation were tested in a wind tunnel respectively to measure the mean and fluctuating wind pressure distributions. The mean and RMS (root-mean-square) coefficients of the drag, lift and torsion moment on the measuring layer were obtained from the wind pressures. In the direction which the buildings were positive in the wind, the variation of these above mentioned coefficients with height and the power spectrum densities of the fluctuating wind loads on sudden changed positions were analyzed in detail. Compared with the elevation regular tall building, the wind load characteristics of irregular ones were more complicated.

scholarly journals Wind action on flat roofs

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-246
Author(s):  
Tomasz Lipecki
Keyword(s):  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Pressure Coefficient ◽  
Wind Engineering ◽  
Wind Action ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Wind Structure ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Mean Pressure ◽  
Flat Roofs

The paper deals with the wind action on flat roofs of rectangular shapes which can be considered for medium-rise and high-rise buildings. Distributions of mean pressure coefficient Cp on flat roofs were measured. All analyses were based on model measurements which had been performed in the boundary layer wind tunnel in Wind Engineering Laboratory of Cracow University of Technology. Vertical, fixed in the floor of the wind tunnel on the turn table rectangular prisms of the ratio of cross-section dimensions 1:2 and 1:4 were investigated. Measurements were carried out for the angle of wind attack in the range 0°-90°, every 15°. The influence of the wind structure on pressures was investigated in six different cases of the approaching wind.

scholarly journals Experimental Study of Interference Effects of a High-Rise Building on the Snow Load on a Low-Rise Building with a Flat Roof

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 11163
Author(s):  
Qingwen Zhang ◽  
Yu Zhang ◽  
Ziang Yin ◽  
Guolong Zhang ◽  
Huamei Mo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Snow Accumulation ◽  
Interference Effects ◽  
Wind Tunnel Tests ◽  
Snow Load ◽  
Building Roof ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building ◽  
Snow Distribution ◽  
Flat Roof

To explore the interference effects of a high-rise building on the snow load on a low-rise building with a flat roof, a series of wind tunnel tests were carried out with fine silica sand as a substitute for snow particles. The effects of the height of the interfering building and the distance between buildings on the snow distribution of the target building under three different wind directions were studied. The snow depth on the target building roof and the mass of particles blown off from the target building were measured during the wind tunnel tests, and the results showed that the snow distribution of the target building roof tends to be uniform when the interfering building is located upstream of the target building due to the shelter effect. When the interfering building is on the side of the target building, the snow distribution of the target building tends to be more uneven, because the interfering building increases the friction velocity on the target building roof near the interfering building. However, when the interfering building is located downstream of the target building, there will be an amplification effect of snow accumulation, and the snow distribution on the target building roof is nearly the same as that of the isolated condition. Under each wind direction, the interference effect of the snow load increases with the increase of the building height and the decrease of the building spacing. Therefore, the influence of the surrounding buildings on the snow distribution of the building roof cannot be ignored and should be considered in the structure design.

scholarly journals Wind effects on tall buildings according to own measurements and code approach

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Lipecki
Keyword(s):  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Tall Buildings ◽  
Wind Pressure ◽  
Wind Engineering ◽  
Bending Moments ◽  
Wind Effects ◽  
Wind Action ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
The Cross

The paper presents the analysis of the wind action on tall buildings carried out in accordance with the recommendations of Eurocode 1, and with the results of own research conducted in the wind tunnel of the Wind Engineering Laboratory, Cracow University of Technology. Ten buildings of the same proportions were analyzed, five structures with the ratio of the cross-section dimensions of 1:2 and five of 1:4. The wind action on the longer side (N1) and on the shorter side (N2) were adopted in all cases of buildings. The total forces of wind pressure as well as displacements of top and bending moments at the base of the buildings were taken as the results which allowed to compare two different approaches.

Effects of Geometrical Factors on Wind Pressure Characteristics of Cylindrical Roofs with Wind Tunnel Tests

2013 ◽  
Vol 351-352 ◽  
pp. 284-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Chen ◽  
Qing Shan Yang
Keyword(s):  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Probability Distributions ◽  
Wind Pressure ◽  
Wind Tunnel Tests ◽  
Pressure Coefficients ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Mean Pressure ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Geometrical Factors ◽  
Pressure Characteristics

With wind tunnel tests, simultaneous pressure measurements are made on 4 cylindrical roof models with different rise-span ratios and roof inclinations. Effects of these geometrical factors on wind pressure characteristics of the roofs are investigated, including mean pressure coefficients, RMS pressure coefficients, skewness, kurtosis, and probability distributions of wind pressure. Results show that the mean vertical wind force coefficient of high rise-span ratio roof is larger than that of the low rise-span ration roof; the mean pressure coefficient distribution of the low rise-span ratio roof is similar to that of RMS pressure coefficients and the skewness (or the kurtosis); the vortex center line occurs at the windward edge for the low rise-span ratio roof with inclination 0°, which occurs at the roof apex for the high rise-span ratio roof. The roof inclination has more effects on the low rise-span ratio roof, the vortex moves from the windward edge to the apex for the roof with inclination 7.2°when the wind flows from the low eave to the high eave. The distribution of the skewness is strongly correlative to that of the kurtosis. The probability distributions of the roof edges and corners deviate obviously from the Guass distribution. If this point is ignored, the peak suction pressure will be underestimated.

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