LoginWind pressure measurements made over a 4 years period on a 34-storey building in downtown Montreal were used to obtain data for checking and improving wind tunnel techniques of modelling flow characteristics of wind and aerodynamic behaviour of buildings. Specifies the major problems involved in making field measurements and in comparing them with wind tunnel measurements. Comparisons with model measurements are made. Examples have been found of excellent agreements, but for some wind directions the comparisons gave unsatisfactory correlation.
Experience with wind pressure measurements on a full-scale building.
Year:
1970
Bibliographic info:
N.R.C.C. Div. of Bldg. Res., research paper no.480, NRCC 11912. Building science series 30, proceedings of technical meeting concerning wind loads on buildings and structures, N.B.S. Gaithersburg, Maryland 27-28 1969