TY  - BOOK
AU  - Irwin,Peter
AU  - Denoon,Roy
AU  - Scott,David
ED  - Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
TI  - Wind tunnel testing of high-rise buildings: an output of the CTBUH Wind Engineering Working Group 
SN  - 0415714591 (pbk.) :
AV  - TA654.5 .I78 2013
U1  - 690.21 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Structural analysis (Engineering)
KW  - Tall buildings
KW  - Aerodynamics
KW  - Design and construction
KW  - Wind tunnel testing
N1  - "Council on Tall Buildings and Urban habitat."; "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction -- Basis of Design -- Wind Climate -- 2. Nature of Wind Effects -- Planetary Boundary Layer and Wind Turbulence -- Mean and Fluctuating Loads -- Along-wind, Crosswind, and Torsional Loading -- Background and Resonant Loads -- Serviceability Accelerations -- Vortex Excitation -- Aerodynamic Damping and Galloping -- Cladding Loads -- Reynolds Number Effects -- 3. Wind Tunnel Testing Methods -- Simulation of the Natural Wind at Small Scale -- Test Methods to Determine Wind Loads on the Structural System -- Aeroelastic Model Testing -- Test Methods to Determine Cladding Loads -- Other Types of Wind Related Studies -- 4. Prediction of Load Effects for Strength Design and Serviceability -- Structural Properties of the Building -- Load Effects -- Non-Directional Method -- Sector Velocity Method -- Extreme Load Effect Method -- Upcrossing Methods -- 5. Format for Comparing Wind Tunnel Results -- Types of Comparison -- Wind Climate Models, Velocity Profiles, and Turbulence -- Aerodynamic Data -- Predicted Building Response Variations -- Responses Versus Return Period -- Quality Assurance -- 6. Use of Wind Tunnel Results -- CTBUH Height Criteria -- 100 Tallest Buildings in the World -- CTBUH Organization and Members; Also issued online
ER  -