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Study on the Effect of Gust Loads on Tall Buildings

I Srikanth and B Vamsi Krishna
Department of Civil Engineering, Malla Reddy Engineering College, Kompally, Doolapally Rd, Dullapally, Hyderabad, Telangana - 500 043, India

Abstract—Multi-storeyed buildings have become common in the modern growing cities. As the height of the building increase for the given width, the building frame becomes flexible. Particularly in the case of frames with heights above 50 stories slenderness becomes more and the fundamental frequency of the frame becomes less. The wind pressures are fluctuating the nature and this is illustrated by the wind spectrum. There is a possibility of the fundamental frequency of the tall building structure machine with the wind frequency and this produces large displacements and critical effects on the frame. In the Gust Factor method the interaction between the fluctuating components of the wind with the structure is considered. The wind effects are expressed as equalling static loads. The approach is more rational compared to the ordinary static wind load approach. In the present project work, tall building frame 20 to 80 stories are considered for wind load analysis. Equivalent static wind loads are computed using the provisions of IS: 875- 1987 PART-III. Analysis is conducted by using the package in two loading cases, i.e., vertical loads with or without wind loads. The resulting effects like beam moments, column moments, axial forces are compared. The criticality of the wind on tall building frames is examined and recommendations are given. The present study would lead to important and useful recommendations for the action of critical wind loads on tall building frames.

 
Keywords: Gust loads, Tall buildings, Wind pressure, Wind frequency, Static load
 
Cite: I Srikanth and B Vamsi Krishna, "Study on the Effect of Gust Loads on Tall Buildings," International Journal of Structural and Civil Engineering Research, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 92-106, 2014.