WIND EFFECTS ON STRUCTURES,
Abstract
Wind exposed structures in general and high buildings of conventional or unorthodox shape in particular are known to suffer from quite a number of wind load problems. These may affect usuage and functions of the building, human comfort in and around it, design of glass panels and curtain walls, location of heating and ventilation duct inlets and outlets and the structure's design loads and safe life. Where analytical treatments are inappropriate or become too complex for supplying answers to such problems, wind tunnel model testing-provided proper simulation of the characteristics of the natural wind can be achieved on the model - is the most promising approach. Lately, apart from testing rigid models, also aeroelastic models of structures are wind tunnel tested to furnish data on wind excited motions and harmonic oscillations of aeroelastically soft full scale structures as a function of speed and direction of the natural wind. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0691699
Entities
People
- G. K. Korbacher
Organizations
- University of Toronto