HIGHRISE - Wind Effects to High-rise Buildings
In the last decade the construction of high rise buildings was drastically increased. The city of Frankfurt is an example for the fast development of a high-rise skyline. In the meantime urban planners have reached the 300 metre limit for the high rises.
There are no investigations,
which examine the relationship between the structural responses of a structure
and the appropriate wind loads. However, such an investigation is necessary
for the assessment and the development of new standards and regulations
for high rise buildings.
This project aims at answering some of these questions: Several high rises,
among them the highest building in Europe, the Commerzbank, are monitored
over a period of 2 years.
By the installation of permanent systems at these high rises, the vibration
can be continually recorded in connection with the wind speeds. These
systems deliver dynamic data, which characterise the structural response
of the high rise during wind events.
Investigated Buildings:
Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank
Investigators:
TUD - Darmstadt University of Technology
VCE - Vienna Consulting Engineers
Results:
Raw data are available in the
SAMCO database.
