Across-wind load on rectangular tall buildings

• Zheng- wei Zhang ^[1] ; Michael H.W. Sien ^[1] ; Alex P. To ^[1] ; Andrew Allsop ^[1]
  1. [1] Arup Advanced Technology
• Localización: The Structural Engineer: journal of the Institution of Structural Engineer, ISSN 1466-5123, Vol. 95, Nº. 3, 2017, págs. 36-41
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article looks at the calculation of across-wind response of structures. The focus is on the calculation of cross-wind response of rectangular buildings, which is not covered by Eurocode 1, Part 1-4 (BS EN 1991-1-4) (ref 1) or BS 6399-2 (ref2). With the advancement of building technology and an increasing number of architecturally driven designs involving more free-form geometry leading to tall, slender, lightweight, low-damping and aerodynamically sensitive building structures, this article presents a timely discussion on an important topic that could impact on structural design.