Figure 1
Investigated reinforced concrete building and foundation views
Figure 2
Floor plan of the reinforced concrete building model
Figure 3
Building finite element model
Figure 4
Natural frequencies and vibration modes of the building model
Figure 5
Flowchart of the developed analysis methodology
Figure 6
Velocity profile: Brazilian standard NBR 6123 [55 Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas, Forças Devidas ao Vento em Edificações, ABNT NBR 6123, 1988.]
Figure 7
Velocity profile: CFD numerical simulation [88 Ansys, Inc., Ansys® Fluent, Release 19.2, Help System, ANSYS Fluent User’s Guide v19.2, ANSYS, Inc., 2018.]
Figure 8
Boundary conditions of the fluid domain
Figure 9
Reinforced concrete building mesh details
Figure 10
Pressure monitors placed on the building model
Figure 11
Wind orientations
Figure 12
Contour plots: real investigated building model [Z(+) direction]
Figure 6
Velocity profile: Brazilian standard NBR 6123 [55 Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas, Forças Devidas ao Vento em Edificações, ABNT NBR 6123, 1988.]
Figure 7
Velocity profile: CFD numerical simulation [88 Ansys, Inc., Ansys® Fluent, Release 19.2, Help System, ANSYS Fluent User’s Guide v19.2, ANSYS, Inc., 2018.]
Figure 8
Boundary conditions of the fluid domain
Figure 9
Reinforced concrete building mesh details
Figure 10
Pressure monitors placed on the building model
Figure 11
Wind orientations
Figure 12
Contour plots: real investigated building model [Z(+) direction]
Figure 13
Kaimal power density spectrum
Figure 14
Dynamic wind loads in the time domain calculated through the SRM
Figure 15
Dynamic wind loads in the frequency domain calculated through the SRM
Figure 16
Perception criteria of acceleration limits in the serviceability limit state [
3030 A. Kareem, T. Kijewski, and Y. Tamura, "Mitigation of motions of tall buildings with specific examples of recent applications," Wind Struct., vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 201–251, 1999, http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/was.1999.2.3.201.
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Figure 17
Displacement in the time and frequency domains: NBR 6123 [55 Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas, Forças Devidas ao Vento em Edificações, ABNT NBR 6123, 1988.] (Z-direction)
Figure 19
Displacement in the time and frequency domains: TPU-AD [66 The School of Architecture & Wind Engineering. Graduate School of Engineering. Tokyo Polytechnic University, “Aerodynamic database of high-rise buildings,” in Wind Eff. Build. Urban Environ., Tohyo, 2003.] (Z-direction)
Figure 20
Acceleration in the time and frequency domains: NBR 6123 [55 Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas, Forças Devidas ao Vento em Edificações, ABNT NBR 6123, 1988.] (Z-direction)
Figure 22
Acceleration in the time and frequency domains: TPU-AD [66 The School of Architecture & Wind Engineering. Graduate School of Engineering. Tokyo Polytechnic University, “Aerodynamic database of high-rise buildings,” in Wind Eff. Build. Urban Environ., Tohyo, 2003.] (Z-direction)
Figure 18
Displacement in the time and frequency domains: CFD [88 Ansys, Inc., Ansys® Fluent, Release 19.2, Help System, ANSYS Fluent User’s Guide v19.2, ANSYS, Inc., 2018.] (Z-direction)
Figure 21
Acceleration in the time and frequency domains: CFD [88 Ansys, Inc., Ansys® Fluent, Release 19.2, Help System, ANSYS Fluent User’s Guide v19.2, ANSYS, Inc., 2018.] (Z-direction)
Figure 23
Peak accelerations
Figure 24
RMS accelerations
Figure 25
Peak displacements
Table 1
Parameters adopted in the Brazilian standard NBR 6123 [55 Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas, Forças Devidas ao Vento em Edificações, ABNT NBR 6123, 1988.] method
Table 2
Wind pressure coefficients at windward façade
Table 5
Pressure coefficients at left façade
Table 4
Pressure coefficients at leeward façade
Table 3
Pressure coefficients at right façade
Table 6
CFD acceleration results [m/s2]
Table 7
NBR 6123 acceleration results [m/s2]
Table 8
Peak accelerations [m/s2]
Table 9
RMS accelerations [m/s2]
Table 10
Peak displacements [m]