Validating wind-induced response of tall buildings: Synopsis of the Chicago full-scale monitoring program

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1509-1523

  Kijewski Correa, Tracy ^a   Kilpatrick, John ^b   Kareem, Ahsan ^a   Kwon, Dae Kun ^a   Bashor, Rachel ^a   Kochly, Michael ^a   Young, Bradley S ^c   Abdelrazaq, Ahmad ^d   Galsworthy, Jon ^b   Isyumov, Nicholas ^b   Morrish, Dave ^b   Sinn, Robert C ^c   Baker, William F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Skidmore Owings and Merrill LLP   (United States)

^d Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Buildings; Chicago; Damping; Dynamic response; Global positioning; High rise; Illinois; Wind forces; Wind tunnels

Indexed keywords

CHICAGO; HIGH-RISE; ILLINOIS; WIND FORCES;

DAMPING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 33746248592     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2006)132:10(1509)     Document Type: Article

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