FIELD MEASUREMENTS OF WIND AND STRUCTURAL RESPONSES OF A 70-STOREY TALL BUILDING UNDER TYPHOON CONDI.pdf

FIELD MEASUREMENTS OF WIND AND STRUCTURAL RESPONSES OF A 70-STOREY TALL BUILDING UNDER TYPHOON CONDITIONS Q. S. LI, 1 * C. K. WONG, 1 J. Q. FANG, 2 A. P. JEARY 3 AND Y. W. CHOW 1 1 Department of Building and Construction, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China 2 Public Works and Government Services Canada, Pacific Region, Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 2VB Canada 3 School of Building and Construction Science, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia SUMMARY This paper describes the results obtained from the full-scale measurements of wind effects on a 70-storey tall building in Hong Kong. The objective of the experiment is to measure wind action on and wind-induced response of the tall building. Simultaneous and continuous data of wind speeds, wind directions and acceleration responses have been recorded at the top of the tall building since 1995. The field data presented in this paper were measured during the passage of four typhoons—Typhoon Kent (1995), Typhoon Ryan (1995), Typhoon Sibyl (1995) and Typhoon Sally (1996). The characteristics of the typhoon wind and the structural responses of the building are investigated. The serviceability of this tall building under typhoon conditions is discussed on the basis of the field measurements. Copyright ? 2000 John Wiley Sons, Ltd. 1. INTRODUCTION Although there have been many advances in model testing and numerical simulation techniques, there are still many critical phenomena that can only be investigated by full-scale experiments. Full-scale measurements are considered to be able effectively to evaluate wind effects on buildings and structures. In general, the newly developed numerical and theoretical methods should be verified by full-scale observations. The literature is rich with full-scale measurements. Isyumov et al. (1988) gave an extensive literature review of the field measurements of wind effects on buildings and structures. However, it should be mentioned that pra