Internal wind-pressure comparisons for a full-scale and model building

J. Arn Womble; Jack E. Cermak; Kishor C. Mehta

Internal wind-pressure comparisons for a full-scale and model building

J. Arn Womble, Jack E. Cermak, Kishor C. Mehta

Civil Environ Construct Engineering

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Recent severe windstorms have shown the importance of internal building pressures on the failure of building cladding, roofs, and in some cases the entire building. In the past, building codes have given minimal attention to the factors influencing internal building pressures. To better identify the factors contributing to internal-pressure effects, comparative research is conducted on a wind-tunnel model and a full-scale building by researchers at Colorado State University and Texas Tech University. Authors of the ASCE 7-95 model wind-loading standard (ASCE, 1995) have applied results of this study in specifying larger internal pressures for designs intended to better protect buildings against the effects of high winds.

Original language	English
Pages	860-864
Number of pages	5
State	Published - 1997
Event	Proceedings of the 1997 15th Structures Congress. Part 2 (of 2) - Portland, OR, USA Duration: Apr 13 1997 → Apr 16 1997

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Conference	Proceedings of the 1997 15th Structures Congress. Part 2 (of 2)
City	Portland, OR, USA
Period	04/13/97 → 04/16/97

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Internal wind-pressure comparisons for a full-scale and model building

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