Compares full-scale pressure coefficients obtained from a 57-storey building in Toronto with wind tunnel results for tests in the 9m by 9m wind tunnel at the National Research Council of Canada. Demonstrates good agreement where sufficient full-scale data exists. Proposes a method of treating peak pressures 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 generally agree.
Comparisons of wind tunnel and full-scale building surface pressures with emphasis on peaks.
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Year:
1979
Bibliographic info:
In "Wind Engineering" Proceedings 5th International Conference Fort Collins, Colorado USA 8-14 July 1979 vol.1 p.553-565