Internal Pressure of Multi‐Room Buildings
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 109, Issue 3
Abstract
The Bernoulli equation approach for predicting the variation of internal pressure induced by wind in a single‐room building with a single opening is extended to multi‐room buildings of any number of openings. Examples are given to illustrate this new general approach. The result shows that following the breakage of a windward window during a windstorm, the internal pressure of a multi‐room building oscillates in a manner similar to that in a set of interconnected Helmholtz oscillators.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 109 • Issue 3 • August 1983
Pages: 908 - 919
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Copyright © 1983 ASCE.
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Published online: Aug 1, 1983
Published in print: Aug 1983
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