| Vol. - No. | Vol.2 - No.3 |
|---|---|
| Date | Sep., 2013 |
| Title | Peak Pressures Acting on Tall Buildings with Various Configurations |
| Author | Eswara Kumar Bandi1+, Hideyuki Tanaka2, Yong Chul Kim3, Kazuo Ohtake2, Akihito Yoshida1, and Yukio Tamura1 |
| Institutions |
1Wind Engineering Research Center, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Kanagawa 243-0297, Japan 2Environmental Engineering Department, Takenaka Research & Development Institute, Takenaka Corporation, Chiba 270-1395, Japan 3School of Architecture, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul 139-743, Korea |
| Abstract | Twenty six pressure models of high rise buildings with various cross-sections including twisted models were tested in a boundary layer wind tunnel. The cross-sections were triangular, square, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, dodecagon, circular, and clover. This study investigates variations in peak pressures, and effects of various cross-sections and twist angles on peak pressures. To study the effects of various configurations and twist angles on peak pressures in detail, maximum positive and minimum negative peak pressures at each measurement point of the building for all wind directions are presented and discussed. The results show that peak pressures greatly depend on building cross-section and twist angle. |
| Keyword | High-rise buildings, Peak pressures, Corner modifications, Twist angle, Helical models, Polygonal shapes |
| PP. | PP.229~244 |
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