Comparisons of wind tunnel and full-scale building surface pressures with emphasis on peaks

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Author	Search for: Dalgliesh, W. A.¹; Search for: Templin, J. T.; Search for: Cooper, K. R.
Affiliation	National Research Council of Canada
Format	Text, Article
Conference	5th International Conference on Wind Engineering, July 8, 1979, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Subject	wind loads; high rise buildings; pressure tests; wind tunnel tests; field tests; construction élevée; essai de pression; essai en place; Air flow/Wind pressure; Surcharges dues au vent/écoulement d'air
Abstract	Full-scale pressure coefficients obtained from a 57-storey building in Toronto and wind tunnel results from tests in the 9 m by 9 m wind tunnel at the National Research Council of Canada are compared and demonstrate good agreement where sufficient full-scale data exist. A method of treating peak pressures is proposed based on the fit of an exponential distribution to a population of "significant independent events," called pressure spikes. This distribution provides a good fit to both full-scale and wind tunnel results, which generaly agree.
Publication date	1980
In	Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Wind Engineering 1: 553–565.
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
Identifier	DBR-P-961
NRC number	NRCC 19198 NRC-IRC-1429
NPARC number	20378435
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