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Journal of Wind Engineer, rig and lndustr, al Aerodynamtcs, 50 (1993) 271-280 271 Elsevier AERODYNAMIC EFFECT OF WIND INDUCED TORSION ON TALL BUILDINGS D.L. Beneke and K.C.S. Kwol# °Acer Wargon Chapman Pty Ltd, Consulting Engineers 2151 Bathurst Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia bSchooI of Civil and Mining Engineering University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia Abstract Four different model buildings were tested ,n a boundary layer wind tunnel to invest=gate wind induced torsion on tall bu,ldings. Each models cross sect=on corresponded to a bas,c shape, Rectangular, Diamond, Triangular and D-shaped. Propert,es such as aspect rat,o, build,rig dens,ty and damping were kept constant. Each model was tested at vary,ng reduced velocit,es and angles of wind inc,dence under wind exc,tat,on correspond,ng to Terrain Categories 2 and 4 as set out by AS 1170.2-1989. Results ind,cate that the tors,onal response varies dramat,cally with changes in bu,ld,ng cross sect=on. The Triangular shaped model produced a dynam,c tors,onal response far in excess of any other model tested Torque spectra for the Triangular and Rectangular models indicated that at certain angles of wind incidence and reduced velocity, wake induced and flow reattachment induced tots,on was evident The D-shape and D,amond models y,elded significantly lower torsional response. 1 INTRODUCTION W,nd induced response of tall build,ngs is a phenomenon which has been recogn,sed for some t,me Methods for calculat,ng the translational response of high rise structures are prevalent wlth,n most wind load,rig codes. Design eng,neers have very httle reformat,on at the,r disposal to calculate the assoc,ated torsional response. Prev,ous w,nd tunnel tests suggest that the torsional response is sign,f,cant and therefore should not be ,gnored. Theoret,cal est,mates of tors,onal response have been dev,sed by Foutch and Safak [1] us,ng an idealised single mass structure subjected to a normally-mc,dent w,nd P