Abstract
Theoretical analysis, numerical simulation and full-scale measurements were carried out to investigate internal pressures at the WERFL low-rise full-scale test building at Texas Tech. The mean and fluctuating internal pressure coefficients are small in the nominally sealed building; and increase with increasing windward/leeward open-area ratio. The effects of building flexibility on the internal pressure fluctuations are accounted for, in this study. Internal pressure fluctuations above a characteristic frequency are attenuated in the nominally sealed building. The internal pressure energy is increased close to the Helmholtz frequency, in the building with a single-dominant opening.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 163-174 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue number | 1-3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1997 |
Keywords
- Building pressures
- Field measurements
- Internal pressure
- Wind loads
- Wind pressures
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Ginger, J. D., Mehta, K. C., & Yeatts, B. B. (1997). Internal pressures in a low-rise full-scale building. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 72(1-3), 163-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6105(97)00241-9