WIND-INDUCED INTERNAL PRESSURES IN LOW-RISE BUILDINGS WITH PARTITION WALLS

Estimation of Wind-Induced Pressures on a Low-Rise Building Using Quasi-Steady Theory

A quasi-steady (QS) model that includes both the instantaneous wind azimuth and elevation angle is applied and extended to relate the instantaneous wind speeds and roof pressures for a typical low-rise building. The construction and validation of the QS vector model were done through the synchronized measurements of wind speed and building surface pressures on 1/50-scale model of the TTU-WERFL ...

The Effect of Surroundings with Different Separation Distances on Surface Pressures on Low-Rise Buildings

Very large roof suctions on low-rise buildings occur for isolated buildings during both full-scale experiments and wind tunnel tests performed by many investigators. This paper investigates the sensitivity of these high suctions to the presence of multiple surrounding building configurations. This study uses as a basic building shape the Wind Engineering Research Field Laboratory building (WERF...

Dry Internal Partition Walls for Quality Homes

Dynamic Response of High-Rise Buildings to Stochastic Wind Loads

This paper presents results of a recent study addressing issues concerning the dynamic response of high-rise buildings. Utilizing a high-frequency base-balance, the alon~w;:~d, acrosswind and torsional components of aerodynamic loads and their statistical corm!ations for a wide range of generic building shapes of different aspect ratios in two approach flow conditions are quantified. A random-v...

Assessment of Wind Load Effects on Low-rise Buildings Using Full-Scale Pressure Measurements

This study discusses the wind loads and their effects on Wind Engineering Research Field Laboratory (WERFL) building at Texas Tech University based on full-scale synchronous pressure measurements. The wind load effects on different frames are calculated and the results are compared to those determined based on the wind loads specified in ASCE7-05. Finally, the challenges faced in the modeling o...