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Wind tunnel tests of 3D wind loads on tall buildings based on torsional motion-induced vibrations

  • Zou, Lianghao (School of civil engineering, Wuhan University) ;
  • Xu, Guoji (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University) ;
  • Cai, C.S. (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University) ;
  • Liang, Shuguo (School of civil engineering, Wuhan University)
  • Received : 2016.01.26
  • Accepted : 2016.06.23
  • Published : 2016.09.25
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Abstract

This paper presents the experimental results of the wind tunnel tests for three symmetric, rectangular, tall building models on a typical open terrain considering the torsional motion-induced vibrations. The time histories of the wind pressure on these models under different reduced wind speeds and torsional amplitudes are obtained through the multiple point synchronous scanning pressure technique. Thereafter, the characteristics of both the Root Mean Square (RMS) coefficients and the spectra of the base shear/torque in the along-wind, across-wind, and torsional directions, respectively, are discussed. The results show that the RMS coefficients of the base shear/torque vary in the three directions with both the reduced wind speeds and the torsional vibration amplitudes. The variation of the RMS coefficients in the along-wind direction results mainly from the change of the aerodynamic forces, but sometimes from aeroelastic effects induced by torsional vibration. However, the variations of the RMS coefficients in the across-wind and torsional directions are caused by more equal weights of both the aerodynamic forces and the aeroelastic effects. As such, for the typical tall buildings, the modification of the aerodynamic forces in the along-wind, across-wind, and torsional directions, respectively, and the aeroelastic effects in the across-wind and torsional directions should be considered. It is identified that the torsional vibration amplitudes and the reduced wind speeds are two significant parameters for the aerodynamic forces on the structures in the three directions.

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Supported by : National Natural Science Foundation of China

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