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International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET)
Volume 10, Issue 12, December 2019, pp. 459-465, Article ID: IJCIET_10_12_046
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RESPONSE OF TALL STRUCTURES
SUBJECTED TO CONSTANT AND VARYING
WIND VELOCITY
Shalini R Nair
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, TN, India.
Dr. Jessy Rooby
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, TN, India.
Dr. T.S. Parvati
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, TN, India
Dr. P.S. Joanna
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, TN, India.
ABSTRACT
The paper presents response of tall buildings using Computational Fluid
Dynamics (CFD) software subjected to constant and varying wind velocity. The
response of the buildings when subjected to wind load is studied by creating the
models in ANSYS. Twelve models were chosen from previous wind tunnel studies and
were subjected to constant and varying wind velocity in FLUENT. Through a
comprehensive investigation on the buildings of different aspect ratio, wind-induced
response of the structure is predicted. A Comparison of the CFD analysis with the
previous studies are made. It is observed that the aerodynamic performance is
different for solid-air interaction, when the velocity is varying along the height.
Keywords: Aerodynamics, ANSYS FLUENT, Computational Fluid Dynamics
(CFD), Drag Coefficients, Tall Buildings.
Cite this Article: Shalini R Nair, Dr. Jessy Rooby, Dr. T.S. Parvati, Dr. P.S. Joanna,
Response of Tall Structures Subjected to Constant and Varying Wind Velocity.
International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology 10(12), 2019, 459-465.
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