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A case study of gust factor characteristics for typhoon Morakat observed by distributed sites

  • Liu, Zihang (State Key Lab of Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University) ;
  • Fang, Genshen (State Key Lab of Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University) ;
  • Zhao, Lin (State Key Lab of Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University) ;
  • Cao, Shuyang (State Key Lab of Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University) ;
  • Ge, Yaojun (State Key Lab of Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University)
  • Received : 2021.12.29
  • Accepted : 2022.06.27
  • Published : 2022.07.25
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Abstract

Gust factor is an important parameter for the conversion between peak gust wind and mean wind speed used for the structural design and wind-related hazard mitigation. The gust factor of typhoon wind is observed to show a significant dispersion and some differences with large-scale weather systems, e.g., monsoons and extratropical cyclones. In this study, insitu measurement data captured by 13 meteorological towers during a strong typhoon Morakot are collected to investigate the statistical characteristics, height and wind speed dependency of the gust factor. Onshore off-sea and off-land winds are comparatively studied, respectively to characterize the underlying terrain effects on the gust factor. The theoretical method of peak factor based on Gaussian assumption is then introduced to compare the gust factor profiles observed in this study and given in some building codes and standards. The results show that the probability distributions of gust factor for both off-sea winds and off-land winds can be well described using the generalized extreme value (GEV) distribution model. Compared with the off-land winds, the off-sea gust factors are relatively smaller, and the probability distribution is more leptokurtic with longer tails. With the increase of height, especially for off-sea winds, the probability distributions of gust factor are more peaked and right-tailed. The scatters of gust factor decrease with the mean wind speed and height. AS/NZ's suggestions are nearly parallel with the measured gust factor profiles below 80m, while the fitting curve of off-sea data below 120m is more similar to AIJ, ASCE and EU.

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Acknowledgement

The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52108469, 51778495, 51978527, 52078383), the Shanghai Pujiang Program (20PJ1413600), the independent subject of Key Laboratory of Wind-Resistant Technology for Bridges, Ministry of Communication (KLWRTBMC-07).

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