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Standard of Care for Wind Impacts of Newly Constructed Buildings
The building of many large buildings in close proximity in large cities raises some issues to do with wind that have received little public discussion. When a new building is inserted into the existing conglomeration of buildings it changes the wind flow patterns around those that are nearby. These effects tend to diminish with distance from the new building but within the nearest few blocks the changes in flow patterns can be expected to affect the following: wind speeds at ground level; wind loads on the exterior cladding of nearby buildings; wind-induced loads on the main structural systems of nearby buildings; wind-induced motions of nearby buildings; dispersion of air pollution in the area surrounding the new building; and the accumulation of snow in drifts, and therefore the snow loads, on nearby roofs.
Standard of Care for Wind Impacts of Newly Constructed Buildings
The building of many large buildings in close proximity in large cities raises some issues to do with wind that have received little public discussion. When a new building is inserted into the existing conglomeration of buildings it changes the wind flow patterns around those that are nearby. These effects tend to diminish with distance from the new building but within the nearest few blocks the changes in flow patterns can be expected to affect the following: wind speeds at ground level; wind loads on the exterior cladding of nearby buildings; wind-induced loads on the main structural systems of nearby buildings; wind-induced motions of nearby buildings; dispersion of air pollution in the area surrounding the new building; and the accumulation of snow in drifts, and therefore the snow loads, on nearby roofs.
Standard of Care for Wind Impacts of Newly Constructed Buildings
Irwin, Peter A. (author)
Structures Congress 2000 ; 2000 ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
2000-04-27
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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