Multiobjective Equivalent Static Wind Loads on Complex Tall Buildings Using Non-Gaussian Peak Factors

AbstractEquivalent static wind loads (ESWLs) play an important role in the wind-resistant design of tall buildings. Traditionally, ESWLs of a tall building are derived based on the equivalence of the top deflection or the base force along the principal direction, which is easy to identify for a regular tall building. For flexible tall buildings with simple or complex shapes, wind-induced dynamic responses are three-dimensional, which often complicates the application of the ESWLs. Based on the time-domain dynamic analysis method, a new scheme is developed in this paper to model multiobjective equivalent static wind loads (M-ESWLs) on complex tall buildings. The possible non-Gaussian properties of wind-induced response processes have been taken into account in M-ESWLs by using non-Gaussian peak factors. Furthermore, a joint action reduction factor is carefully defined to reflect the partial correlations among multiple component responses. Finally, the new scheme is applied to a practical 43-story tall buil...

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