Computational and Experimental Investigation of the Characteristics of the Wind Loads Acting on Uncommon Tall Buildings

This thesis manipulates an important engineering subject both computationally and experimentally. This subject is the characteristics of the wind loads acting on uncommon tall buildings to determine the position of maximum local load on the building. Also, the investigation is extended to study the characteristics of wind loads on two interfering buildings. Four different models of buildings were studied experimentally. These models simulate real famous tall buildings. Also, the interference between two models of these buildings was investigated experimentally. Pressure taps were distributed at 5 levels along the building height. The effect of wind direction on the pressure distribution on the building was manifested also. In case of building interference, experiments focused on the effect of the distance between the two buildings on the pressure distribution along the surfaces of these two buildings. Two interference cases were considered. The first case is concerned with two similar buildings, whereas, the second case deals with two different buildings.