Abstract
This paper investigates the aerodynamic forces on a 600-m-high supertall building based on field measurements during Super Typhoon Mangkhut and wind tunnel test on a scaled model of the monitored building. The local wind force coefficients and their power spectral densities obtained by the full-scale measurements and the model experiment are compared and discussed. The comparative study shows that the wind tunnel test provides conservative mean local drag coefficients and root-mean-square (RMS) local lift coefficients, whereas for the RMS local drag coefficients, the model experiment reproduces smaller predictions at higher levels than those from the onsite measurements. Moreover, to explore the deviations between the full-scale and model-scale results, the Reynolds number effects in the range of to on the local wind forces and the Strouhal number are investigated. It is found that the Reynolds number has evident effects on the local wind force coefficients, although its influence on the Strouhal number is negligible. This combined study of field measurements and wind tunnel test aims to enhance the understanding of the aerodynamic forces on high-rise buildings during strong windstorms and provide useful information for the wind-resistant design of supertall buildings.
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All data, models, and code generated or used during the study appear in the published article.
Acknowledgments
The work described in this paper was fully supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Project No. CityU 11207519), and a grant from National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project No. 51778554).
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Received: Dec 7, 2021
Accepted: Mar 27, 2023
Published online: May 27, 2023
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