Comparative measurements of wind pressure on a model of the full-scale experimental house at Aylesbury, England.

The two-storey house at Aylesbury, England, built by the Building Research Establishment for the full-scale measurement of wind pressures has been modelled at 1:500 scale in a boundary layer wind tunnel to verify the reliability of simulation forlow-rise buildings. Describes wind tunnel tests of buildings models of 5 and 22.5 roof slope. Compares surface pressure measurements with full-scale data for various wall and roof locations. For the model terrain best modelling conditions, the results show agreement which is encouraging. However finds that results are sensitive to local roughness elements in the upstream terrain. This places bounds on the accuracy expected of experiments and suggests practical limitations to the accuracy with which pressure coefficients can be predetermined for design.