Across-wind load on rectangular tall buildings

Author: Zheng-wei Zhang, Michael Sien, Alex To and Andrew Allsop

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1 March 2017

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Across-wind load on rectangular tall buildings

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Author

Zheng-wei Zhang, Michael Sien, Alex To and Andrew Allsop

Citation

The Structural Engineer, Volume 95, Issue 3, 2017, Page(s) 36-41

https://doi.org/10.56330/RZIE2379

Date published

1 March 2017

Author

Zheng-wei Zhang, Michael Sien, Alex To and Andrew Allsop

Citation

The Structural Engineer, Volume 95, Issue 3, 2017, Page(s) 36-41

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56330/RZIE2379

Price

Standard: £9.95 + VAT
Members/Subscribers: Free

This article looks at the calculation of across-wind response of structures. The focus is on the calculation of cross-wind response of rectangular buildings, which is not covered by Eurocode 1, Part 1-4 (BS EN 1991-1-4) or BS 6399-2.

Corrigendum
On p. 40 the return periods for basic design wind speeds in Singapore should have been given as 50-year and 100-year, not 50-year and 1000-year. The article was updated on 3 March 2017.

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