scholarly journals Simulation of Wind Loads on High Rise Buildings Taking into Account the Construction Site Environment

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.A. Antipin ◽  
V.N. Alekhin ◽  
S.N. Gorodilov ◽  
S.V. Khramtsov ◽  
A.S. Noskov
Keyword(s):  
Wind Loads ◽  
Construction Site ◽  
High Rise

scholarly journals Ambient Intelligence to Improve Construction Site Safety: Case of High-Rise Building in Thailand

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (21) ◽  
pp. 8124
Author(s):  
Kriengsak Panuwatwanich ◽  
Natapit Roongsrisoothiwong ◽  
Kawin Petcharayuthapant ◽  
Sirikwan Dummanonda ◽  
Sherif Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Ambient Intelligence ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Construction Site ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building ◽  
Safety Case ◽  
Fall Accidents

The relatively high rate of injuries in construction is not surprising, as site work by its very nature ranks highly on fundamental risk factors. Working at heights often magnifies these risk factors. The literature reveals that falls from heights accounts for a large percentage of injuries in construction worldwide. Thailand is no exception, where fall accidents constitute the majority of high-rise construction accidents despite preventive measures being implemented. This paper examines how the use of a simple Ambient Intelligence (AmI) system—a device comprising a microcontroller, microwave sensors, Light Emitting Diode (LED) and audio alarm—could help to affect safety behavioural change of on-site construction workers in order to decrease the potential for fall accidents. An experiment was conducted at a high-rise building construction site in Bangkok, Thailand to examine the effectiveness of the AmI in helping workers mitigate the risk of falling from heights. The analysis of the data collected over two work weeks from the pre- and post-AmI application using X-bar charts and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed a significant reduction of about 78% in the number of workers passing through the fall hazard zones. The finding established the potential of a simple AmI for reducing the risk of fall accidents.

scholarly journals RCC Highrised Residential Buildings its Influence on Earthquake Loads

2020 ◽  
Vol 184 ◽  
pp. 01107
Author(s):  
Y. Kamala Raju ◽  
G.V.V. Satyanarayana ◽  
G. Arun Sai
Keyword(s):  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Response Spectrum ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Wind Loads ◽  
Base Shear ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Frame Buildings ◽  
Present Decade ◽  
Earthquake Load ◽  
Rc Frame Buildings

The present decade, high rise multi-storey buildings are subjected to many external effects such as earthquake, wind loads, tidal loads, etc., in most cases high rise buildings have more vulnerable to earthquake and wind loads. Most of the reinforced concrete multi-storeyed frame buildings were heavily damaged and many of them completely collapsed during due earthquakes. RC frame buildings were severely damaged due to various deficiencies when proper codal provisions are not designed. A study is need to study the behaviour of the RC framed structure under earthquake load to reduce the damage caused by earthquake forces In this investigation a RC framed building of G+20 storeyed is considered in several seismic zones under different soils as per Indian Standard code IS 1893(part1):2016, using STAAD. Pro V8i as software tool. Finally evaluate the ultimate Base shear using Equivalent static method and Response spectrum method addressing under design forces.

scholarly journals Study of Wind Loads and Wind Speed Amplifications on High-Rise Building with Opening by Numerical Simulation and Wind Tunnel Test

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Fu-Bin Chen ◽  
Xiao-Lu Wang ◽  
Yun Zhao ◽  
Yuan-Bo Li ◽  
Qiu-Sheng Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Wind Speed ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Wind Pressure ◽  
Wind Loads ◽  
Structural Safety ◽  
Pressure Coefficients ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building ◽  
The Mean

High-rise buildings are very sensitive to wind excitations, and wind-induced responses have always been the key factors for structural design. Facade openings have often been used as aerodynamic measures for wind-resistant design of high-rise buildings to meet the requirement of structural safety and comfort. Obvious wind speed amplifications can also be observed inside the openings. Therefore, implementing wind turbines in the openings is of great importance for the utilization of abundant wind energy resources in high-rise buildings and the development of green buildings. Based on numerical simulation and wind tunnel testing, the wind loads and wind speed amplifications on high-rise buildings with openings are investigated in detail. The three-dimensional numerical simulation for wind effects on high-rise building with openings was firstly carried out on FLUENT 15.0 platform by SST k − ε model. The mean wind pressure coefficients and the wind flow characteristics were obtained. The wind speed amplifications at the opening were analyzed, and the distribution law of wind speed in the openings is presented. Meanwhile, a series of wind tunnel tests were conducted to assess the mean and fluctuating wind pressure coefficients in high-rise building models with various opening rates. The variation of wind pressure distribution at typical measuring layers with wind direction was analyzed. Finally, the wind speed amplifications in the openings were studied and verified by the numerical simulation results.

scholarly journals Calculation of PVC windows for wind loads in high-rise buildings

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 02025 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Konstantinov ◽  
Maya Lambias Ratnayake
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Method ◽  
Calculation Method ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Wind Loads ◽  
Statistical Characteristics ◽  
Statistical Calculation ◽  
Load Bearing ◽  
High Rise ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Window Design

In the following article we examine problems faced when designing PVC windows for high-rise buildings, which are usually not considered when constructing objects for massive sites, using a high-rise residential complex as an example. We address the matters related to wind loads on windows & statistical calculation of the impact of wind loads on them. We have presented variants of installing load-bearing elements of PVC windows which accept wind loads. We conducted a laboratory experiment by simulating wind loads on the window design, which is actually used for glazing the examined high-rise building. In the course of the experiment we determined additional factors which need to be considered when constructing PVC window structures for glazing high-rise buildings. We can determine that the following calculation method for the impact of wind load on PVC windows gives higher values of the desired statistical characteristics of load-bearing elements of a window compared to the results of laboratory experiments. We provide prerequisites to improve the analytical method of calculating impact of wind loads on load-bearing elements of PVC windows.

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