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Techniques for Predicting Cladding Design Wind Pressures Pages: 12 Published: Jan 2009
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View License Agreement Source: STP1493-EB Abstract With advances in wind tunnel methodologies in recent years, the measurement of wind loads on wind tunnel models of buildings and structures can be carried out with a high degree of accuracy. These results lead to more economical and risk-consistent structural designs than do code calculation methods. Five topics related to the prediction of cladding design wind pressures are examined in this paper: (1) wind tunnel testing and analysis methods, (2) integration of wind tunnel data with the full-scale wind climate, (3) evaluation of internal pressures, (4) duration of constant wind pressure for determining the load resistance of glass, and (5) computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Keywords: cladding design, wind tunnels, wind climate, internal pressures, load duration, CFD Paper ID: STP47765S Committee/Subcommittee: E06.11 DOI: 10.1520/STP47765S ASTM International is a member of CrossRef. | ||