WALL WIND PRESSURE COEFFICIENT OF BALCONIED MIDDLE-RISE BUILDINGS

Abstract

The wind pressure coefficients on the surfaces of balconied middle-rise buildings measured in wind tunnel are discussed in this paper. Mean wind pressures are affected by the characteristics of the approach flow slightly, however, the vale of fluctuating wind pressure is almost in proportion to the turbulence intensity vale of approach flow at the height of the building. The pressure reduction effects to minimum mean and peak pressures due to balconies are found.