Tall Buildings
Wind effects are an extremely important aspect in the design of tall buildings. Wind loading can often be the dominant load case, with significant increases in loading due to dynamic effects. Dynamic response can also lead to high accelerations which affect occupant comfort. In addition, tall buildings tend to deflect high-level winds down to ground level, affecting the local wind environment at the base of the building.
Capabilities
- Wind tunnel testing
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
- Code/handbook assessments
Desk studies
Consultancy Services
- Topography
- Cladding pressures
- Building motions
- Dynamic wind loads
- Design for tuned mass dampers
- HVAC
- Internal and external air quality
- External microclimate
- Building physics
Heliports airflow- Seismic analysis