Abstract
A novel method for the estimation of wind pressure acting on the surface of buildings is proposed. The proposed method focuses on the response of double glazing to wind pressure. It takes its basis in a physical modeling of load-response relationship considering the behavior of the air between the two glasses consisting of double glazing. It also utilizes the data collected on-site under no wind condition in order to estimate the unknown parameter values required for the wind pressure estimation. The possibility and the validity of the proposed method were investigated with experiments using a pressure control box. It was demonstrated that the wind pressure estimation is possible and works well for cases. However, in several cases the errors of the estimation were found to be significant presumably associated with biases in estimating temperature of the air between the glasses and due to lack of sufficient data for unknown parameter estimations.
