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Advances in Wind Effects on Buildings

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 10773

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Bo Chen

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Guest Editor
School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
Interests: wind effects on buildings; performance-based wind engineering; wind-induced response; elastoplastic wind effect; equivalent static wind loads; fragility
Prof. Dr. Ying Sun

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Guest Editor
School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
Interests: wind tunnel test; Reynolds number effect; wind loading on buildings; wind vulnerability; fluid-solid coupling; wind resistance design theory; wind vibration control
Dr. Min Liu

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Guest Editor
School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
Interests: wind tunnel test; building aerodynamics; extreme wind loading; wind-induced fatigue; wind vulnerability; building code; building cladding system; building-integrated solar panel

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, there are many notable developments of the study on wind effect analysis of buildings, including wind tunnel test techniques, CFD simulation, machine learning in wind engineering, non-Gaussian wind pressures, nonstationary wind effects, areo-elastic effects of large-span membrane and high-rise buildings, wind interference effects, equivalent static wind loading, wind-induced responses of base-isolated buildings, wind vibration control of flexible buildings, wind-induced damage analysis of cladding systems, wind-related multiple hazards for buildings, performance-based wind engineering, design wind loading for building codes, etc.

To reflect the recent progress in wind effect analysis of buildings, a special issue on this topic is proposed. Original articles, case reports, and reviews in the field of wind loading and wind responses analysis of buildings are warmly welcome.

Prof. Dr. Bo Chen
Prof. Dr. Ying Sun
Dr. Min Liu
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • wind effects
  • wind loading
  • aerodynamics
  • wind-induced response
  • performance-based wind engineering
  • aeroelastic
  • fragility
  • machine learning
  • buildings
  • cladding

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Wind Resistance Performance of Large-Scale Glass Curtain Walls Supported by a High-Rise Building
by Bo Chen, Linfei Jiang, Lu Zhang, Weiliang Yue, Handi Yang and Hongliang Yu
Buildings 2023, 13(3), 636; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13030636 - 27 Feb 2023
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A large-scale glass curtain wall (LGCW) attached to a high-rise building is analyzed using the finite element method to investigate the wind resistance performance of the LGCW with and without the high-rise building. The results show that without the high-rise building, the peak [...] Read more.
A large-scale glass curtain wall (LGCW) attached to a high-rise building is analyzed using the finite element method to investigate the wind resistance performance of the LGCW with and without the high-rise building. The results show that without the high-rise building, the peak wind-induced response occurs in the center of each glass panel of the LGCW, and it gradually decreases away from the center towards the edges of each glass panel. When the high-rise building is included in the finite element model, the additional wind-induced response on the LGCW caused by the deformation of the high-rise building is large at the upper and lower glass panel edges, and gradually decreases toward the panel center. The high-rise building produces great effects on the displacements of the LGCW but weak effects on the stresses, where the peak displacement of the whole LGCW is increased by 40.5%. The influences of key structural parameters, including the lateral stiffness of the high-rise building and the connection stiffness between the large glass curtain wall and the high-rise building, on the wind resistance performance of the LGCW are further investigated. The results demonstrate that the smaller the lateral stiffness of the high-rise building is, the greater the additional responses caused by the deformation of the high-rise building on the LGCW are, and the greater the total load responses of the LGCW are. The smaller the connection stiffness between the LGCW and the high-rise building is, the greater the responses of the independent LGCW are, while the additional responses induced by the deformation of the high-rise building on the LGCW are not significant. Full article
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Wind Tunnel Investigation of Twisted Wind Effect on a Typical Super-Tall Building
by Bowen Yan, Yanan Li, Xiao Li, Xuhong Zhou, Min Wei, Qingshan Yang and Xu Zhou
Buildings 2022, 12(12), 2260; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12122260 - 19 Dec 2022
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This paper investigates the twisted wind effect on a typical super-tall building (500-m-tall square prism) by conducting pressure model wind tunnel tests. Two twisted wind fields (TWFs) with maximum yaw angles of approximately 30° and 20°, respectively, near the ground level were generated [...] Read more.
This paper investigates the twisted wind effect on a typical super-tall building (500-m-tall square prism) by conducting pressure model wind tunnel tests. Two twisted wind fields (TWFs) with maximum yaw angles of approximately 30° and 20°, respectively, near the ground level were generated in the wind tunnel using a guide vane system, and the test results of wind pressure and wind load in TWFs were compared with those obtained in conventional wind fields (CWFs) with constant wind direction along the vertical axis. In particular, the distribution of extreme cladding pressure as well as the correlation and coherence of local wind loads are discussed in detail. It was observed that the mechanism of the structural dynamic responses, such as the vortex shedding, is greatly affected by TWFs. Both the distributions of mean and extreme cladding pressures in TWFs significantly differ from those in CWFs, especially on the windward and side facades. However, in terms of the amplitudes, the extreme wind pressure and the maximum wind load in TWFs do not noticeably exceed those in CWFs. This study aims to provide useful information for the wind-resistant design of future tall buildings. Full article
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Numerical Investigations of Wind Loads on Spherical Structures with Various Types of Configurations
by Feng Wang and Guoyi Jiang
Buildings 2022, 12(11), 1832; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12111832 - 01 Nov 2022
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Spherical structures with various design styles are encountered in engineering. Most studies have only examined the wind loads on hemispheres or smaller, which leads to a lack of wind-resistant design rules that cover all the styles of a spherical structure. In this study, [...] Read more.
Spherical structures with various design styles are encountered in engineering. Most studies have only examined the wind loads on hemispheres or smaller, which leads to a lack of wind-resistant design rules that cover all the styles of a spherical structure. In this study, a validated CFD model was used to systematically examine the wind loads on spherical structures with different apex-height-to-diameter ratios (ARs). The structure types ranged from different truncated spheres to whole spheres located at different distances above the ground. The results indicated that the largest positive mean pressure coefficient (Cp) at the windward surface gradually increased with AR. The structures were subjected to a strong suction effect at the crown of the sphere as well as its two sides and bottom. A polynomial approximation function for area-averaged Cp over the top area was derived to quickly determine the largest suction effect for all types of spherical structures. The drag and lift coefficients increased rapidly with AR and achieved their largest value when the structure was close to a whole sphere, while their changes were small for a whole sphere located far from the ground. Design suggestions were provided based on the results. Full article
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Study on Wind Load Characteristics and Wind-Induced Response of Supertall Buildings with Single-Sided Large-Span Straight Platforms
by Lixin Zhang, Jie Jia and Lin Dong
Buildings 2022, 12(10), 1694; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12101694 - 14 Oct 2022
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The presence of large-span straight platforms can complicate the airflow around buildings and alter surface wind pressure, gas bypass and wind response in supertall buildings. The article uses the Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) method in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to investigate the differences in [...] Read more.
The presence of large-span straight platforms can complicate the airflow around buildings and alter surface wind pressure, gas bypass and wind response in supertall buildings. The article uses the Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) method in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to investigate the differences in surface mean wind pressure, gas bypass, wind coefficients, displacement and acceleration responses between the models with and without platforms, and the wind load on the platforms themselves at different wind directions. The results show that: the presence of platforms generally reduces the maximum negative pressure coefficient on the building surface, reaching a maximum reduction of 31.56% at 30°, and causes a small increase in the maximum positive pressure coefficient, reaching a maximum increase of 5.30% at 0°. The mean wind pressure on the lower surface of the platform is greater than the upper surface. The target building has a lower frequency of vortex shedding than the reference model, with a maximum reduction of 5.68%. The presence of platforms increases the vertex displacement of the building by up to 22.85% and decreases the vertex acceleration by up to 9.14%. These results can be used as references for the ventilation, comfort and safety assessment of similar supertall buildings. Full article
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Computational Aerodynamic Optimization of Wind-Sensitive Irregular Tall Buildings
by Fadi Alkhatib, Narimah Kasim, Wan Inn Goh, Nasir Shafiq, Mugahed Amran, Evgenii Vladimirovich Kotov and Mohammed Abdo Albaom
Buildings 2022, 12(7), 939; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12070939 - 02 Jul 2022
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Wind-induced loads and motions play a critical role in designing tall buildings and their lateral structural systems. Building configuration represented by its outer shape is a key parameter in determining these loads and structural responses. However, contemporary architecture trends towards creating taller buildings [...] Read more.
Wind-induced loads and motions play a critical role in designing tall buildings and their lateral structural systems. Building configuration represented by its outer shape is a key parameter in determining these loads and structural responses. However, contemporary architecture trends towards creating taller buildings with more complex geometrical shapes to offer unique designs that become a signature on the map of the world. As a result, evaluating wind-induced motions on such structures becomes more challenging to be evaluated and predicted. This paper presents a computational performance-based aerodynamic optimization with minor imposed modifications that have little to no impact on architectural and structural design intent. The developed tool aims to assist both architects and engineers to seek a sustainable optimal design decision at the early stage of design by employing different computational technological tools in an automated manner. A computational optimization methodology consisting of a computational fluid dynamic coupled with finite element analysis and embedded within a radial basis function surrogate model is proposed to mitigate wind-induced loads on tall buildings. In addition, a numerical example implementing the proposed methodology on selected case study is presented and discussed. The proposed approach was able to achieve a minimization of 13.83% and 23.12% for along-wind and across-wind loads, respectively, which is translated to a reduction in structural response by 12.95% and 14.31% in maximum deflection for along-wind and across-wind directions, respectively. Full article
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