A wind tunnel and full-scale study of turbulent wind pressures on a tall building

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Alternative title	Étude en soufflerie et à grande échelle des pressions de vents turbulents sur un édifice élevé
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DOI	Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40000439
Author	Search for: Standen, N. M.; Search for: Dalgliesh, W. A.¹; Search for: Templin, R. J.
Affiliation	National Research Council of Canada
Format	Text, Article
Conference	3rd International Conference on Wind Effects on Buildings and Structures, September 6-11, 1971, Tokyo, Japan
Edition	reprint
Subject	Air flow/Wind pressure; wind loads; wind tunnel tests; boundary layers; high rise buildings
Abstract	This paper describes a method for simulating the natural wind boundary layer in a conventional, short working section, aeronautical wind tunnel. The boundary layers, which may be as thick as one-half of the working section height, are generated by spires at the working section inlet. This approach has been used to measure mean wind pressures and pressure spectra on a model of a tall building in downtown Montreal. The same measurements have been repeated using the long roughness fetch technique for boundary layer generation and the results from the two methods are compared. An extensive program of full-scale measurements of wind pressures has been completed on the Montreal building. These data are reviewed and a comparison is made between full-scale and model values of mean wind pressures and pressure spectra.
Publication date	1973
Publisher	National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research
Series	Research Paper (National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research), no. DBR-RP-585.
Note	Reprinted from Proceedings. Third International Conference on Wind Effects on Buildings and Structures, 6-11 September 1971, Tokyo, Japan, part II, p. 199-209.
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
NRC number	NRCC 13740 NRC-IRC-2710
NPARC number	20374529
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