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Wind-resistant studies on tall buildings and structures

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This paper introduces some aspects of wind-resistant studies of our research team on tall buildings and structures. Wind tunnel tests were carried out on 27 typical tall building models by using wind pressure scanning and HFFB techniques. The characteristics of wind pressures and forces acting on these buildings were analyzed. Some results have been adopted in a Shanghai code for structural design of steel tall buildings. Interference effects on wind forces and wind pressures among two and three tall buildings were experimentally investigated with about 10000 testing conditions. Regression analyses of the interference factors under different parameter conditions were made and the main regression formulas are presented. Theoretical study on equivalent static wind loads of tall buildings and structures are then introduced. Especially, a new concept of “mode coupling factor” and a modified SRSS method for wind response and equivalent static wind load of complicated tall buildings and structures with consideration of multi mode contributions and their coupling effects are presented. Finally, practical applications of wind-resistant studies on tall building and structures, taking the Guangzhou New TV Tower as an example, are presented.

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Gu, M. Wind-resistant studies on tall buildings and structures. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 53, 2630–2646 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-010-4016-2

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