Wind Tunnel Testing of High-Rise Buildings

Contents

About the CTBUH
About the Authors
Preface
1.0 Introduction
1.1	Basis of Design
1.2	Wind Climate
2.0 Nature of Wind Effects
2.1	Planetary Boundary Layer and WindTurbulence
2.2	Mean and Fluctuating Loads
2.3	Along-wind, Crosswind, and TorsionalLoading
2.4	Background and Resonant Loads
2.5	Serviceability Accelerations
2.6	Vortex Excitation
2.7	Aerodynamic Damping and Galloping
2.8	Cladding Loads
2.9	Reynolds Number Effects
3.0 Wind Tunnel Testing Methods
3.1	Simulation of the Natural Wind at SmallScale
3.2	Test Methods to Determine Wind Loadson the Structural System
3.3	Aeroelastic Model Testing
3.4	Test Methods ...