Abstract
This paper examines the effect of corners cut and balconies for wind-induced response of a high-rise RC housing, through wind tunnel tests. The shape of the model is rectangular building with the side ratio (depth/breadth) of 1, and the aspect ratio is 5.3. The mass density of the model is 398kgf/m3. The damping constant of the model is 0.015, 0.02 and 0.03. As a result, the wind-induced response reduction of the model with corners cut was confirmed. The wind-induced response of the model with balconies was larger than without balconies, in case of the model with low-damping (damping constant equal to 0.015) and corners cut.
