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<doi>/ISEC.res.2017.134</doi>
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<article-title>EFFECT OF HEIGHT AND ORIENTATION OF<br/>
INTERFERING BUILDINGS ON WIND LOADS ON<br/>
TALL BUILDINGS</article-title>
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<author>BHARAT CHAUHAN and ASHOK AHUJA</author>

<aff>Dept of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India</aff>


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<title>ABSTRACT</title>
<p>The research work presented in this paper investigates the effect of interference on
wind loads on a tall building (instrumented building) having rectangular cross-sectional
shape due to the presence of two interfering buildings close to the instrumented
building. The effect of interference on the instrumented building is studied with the
variation of height and relative orientation of the interfering buildings with respect to
the instrumented building. Wind tunnel experiments are undertaken using five
component force balance load cell and the results are reported in the form of X-Y plots.
The effect of interference in both shielding as well as enhancing the wind load on the
instrumented building, is seen to increase with the increase in the height of the
interfering building. Negative drag force is also observed in few cases where shielded
part of the instrumented building is large. Value of torsion on the instrumented
building is observed to be as high as ten times of that in the isolated case.</p>
<p><italic>Keywords: </italic>Wind tunnel, Interference, Rectangular cross-section, Orientation, Height
variation, Force study.</p>
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