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Abstract
This paper describes briefly some highlights of a study of the wind effects for the design of the U.S. Steel office buiding in Pittsburgh, Penn. Three types of models were used in a boundary layer wind tunnel to obtain data of the wind effects on the building. The wind tunnel results are combined with Weather Bureau data to obtain statistical estimates of the design parameters. These parameters include the envelopes of maximum deflection, the contours of maximum and minimum wind pressures on the exterior walls, and the expected number of cycles of oscillation per year that exceeds specific values of acceleration and of deflection.
This paper describes briefly some highlights of a study of the wind effects for the design of the U.S. Steel office buiding in Pittsburgh, Penn. Three types of models were used in a boundary layer wind tunnel to obtain data of the wind effects on the building. The wind tunnel results are combined with Weather Bureau data to obtain statistical estimates of the design parameters. These parameters include the envelopes of maximum deflection, the contours of maximum and minimum wind pressures on the exterior walls, and the expected number of cycles of oscillation per year that exceeds specific values of acceleration and of deflection.
Date
11/1970
11/1970
Author(s)
L Robertson; P Chen
L Robertson; P Chen
Page(s)
107-114
107-114
Keyword(s)
aeroelasticity; statistical analysis; structural engineering; wind loads; wind tunnel modeling; dynamics
aeroelasticity; statistical analysis; structural engineering; wind loads; wind tunnel modeling; dynamics