| Title |
Wind-Excited Responses of Tall Buildings with Dynamic Characteristics |
| Authors |
Cho Kang-Pyo ; Hong Sung-Il ; Kim Won-Sool |
| Keywords |
Wind-tunnel Test ; Tall Building ; Side Ratio ; Wind-excited Response ; Natural Frequency ; Damping Ratio ; Reduced Wind Speed |
| Abstract |
The height of modern buildings tends to increase owing to improvement of structural systems, development of construction methods and increase of the strength of structural materials. Tall buildings are vulnerable to lateral forces such as wind load because they are lightweight, very flexible and low in structural damping. This paper investigates the characteristics of wind-excited responses of tall buildings according to dynamic characteristics. The buildings for the study have rectangular shapes, and the aspect ratio() of the building is 6, which is the scale of 100 stories. Three dynamic models with different side ratios(1:1, 1:1.25, 1:1.5) were used to investigate the wind-excited response according to natural frequency and structural damping. A series of wind-tunnel tests were carried out in the boundary layer wind tunnel. The experiment results are in the form of response lissajous, response with reduced frequency, response with reduced wind speed, and peak factors. Test results showed that even though the reduced frequency increased, the peak and RMS displacements in the along-wind direction were generally constant. However, for the across-wind direction, as the reduced frequency increased, the peak and RMS displacements generally tended to decrease. |