A Comparative Study of Wind Tunnel Tests and Design Codes in Evaluation of Along-Wind Effects on Towers

Table 5

Maximum along-wind displacements at basic wind velocity of 40 m/s.

Design code	KBC	ASCE	EURO	AIJ	Test
10 minute average design wind velocity (m/s)	64.1	52.0	59.2	57.9	58.1
Displacement (m)	0.537	0.358	0.423	0.457	0.388
Code/test	1.38	0.92	1.09	1.18	1.00