Monitoring Structural Performance of a Supertall Building during 14 Tropical Cyclones
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 144, Issue 10
Abstract
Field measurements of wind effects on a 420-meter-high supertall building in Hong Kong were analyzed during the passages of 14 tropical cyclone (TC) events, from 2008 to 2016, with a total recording time duration of 360 h. In this paper, statistical results of wind characteristics of these TCs are presented and discussed; modal parameters of the building such as natural frequencies and damping ratios are estimated using the random decrement technique, which is a deterministic time domain method, as well as the Bayesian spectral density approach, which is a recently proposed probabilistic frequency domain method; and the serviceability of the skyscraper during these violent TC events are evaluated against three comfort criteria. This study uses a substantial amount of field data to yield accurate estimations of the modal parameters of the building to further the understanding of wind effects on supertall buildings in TC-prone regions to provide useful information for their wind-resistant designs.
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Acknowledgments
The work described in this paper was fully supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No. CityU 11256416) and a grant from National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project No. 51778554). The authors are grateful to the owners and management officials of the monitored building for their support of the monitoring project.
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Received: Jun 6, 2017
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