Research Article

Influence of Turbulence, Orientation, and Site Configuration on the Response of Buildings to Extreme Wind

Figure 7

STD displacement response ( ) of the top corner of the building under different flow conditions and site configurations: (a) -direction; (b) -direction. Turbulence is very significant in increasing the cross-wind responses in the two directions. The smooth flow resulted in a relatively high cross-wind response in the -direction ( ) at 360° due to vortex shedding (see Figure 11).
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(a) -direction
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(b) -direction