| Vol. - No. | Vol.4 - No.1 |
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| Date | Mar., 2015 |
| Title | Wind-Induced Motion of Tall Buildings: Designing for Occupant Comfort |
| Author | M.D. Burton, K.C.S Kwok, and A. Abdelrazaq |
| Institutions | BMT Fluid, University of Western Sydney, Samsung C&T Corporation |
| Abstract |
A team of researchers and practitioners were recently assembled to prepare a monograph on "Wind-Induced Motion of Tall Buildings: Designing for Habitability". This monograph presents a state-of-the-art report of occupant response to wind-induced building motion and acceptability criteria for wind-excited tall buildings. It provides background information on a range of pertinent subjects, including: • Physiological, psychological and behavioural traits of occupant response to wind-induced building motion; • A summary of investigations and findings of human response to real and simulated building motions based on field studies and motion simulator experiments; • A review of serviceability criteria to assess the acceptability of wind-induced building motion adopted by international and country-based standards organizations; • General acceptance guidelines of occupant response to wind-induced building motion based on peak acceleration thresholds; and • Mitigation strategies to reduce wind-induced building motion through structural optimization, aerodynamic treatment and vibration dissipation/absorption. This monograph is to be published by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and equips building owners and tall building design professionals with a better understanding of the complex nature of occupant response to and acceptability of wind-induced building motion. This paper is a brief summary of the works reported in the monograph. |
| Keyword | Tall buildings, Wind-Induced motion, Human preception, Occupant comfort |
| PP. | PP.1~8 |
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