Measurement and Analysis of Wind-Induced Response of Tall Building Based on GPS Technology

The Global Positioning System (GPS) has been used in the health monitoring of large structures in recent years since it is weather independent, capable of autonomous operation, and does not require a line-of-sight between target points. In this paper, a structural health monitoring system based on the GPS is devised for a high-rise building. The field data, such as wind speed, wind direction and displacement responses were simultaneously and continuously measured under strong wind conditions. The relation between velocity components of the atmospheric wind and pressure fluctuations on the roof of the building are analyzed using the wavelet scalogram and wavelet coherence method, and a statistical significance level estimation method based on Monte Carlo simulation is presented to isolate the meaningful coherence from the spurious noise map. Finally, the responses of the high-rise building are investigated using the Periodogram method to conclude that the identified results agree well with the results computed by the Finite Element Method (FEM).

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