Wind-Induced Dynamic Response of High-Rise Buildings: The Effects of Soil-Structure Interaction and a Comparison with the Eurocode Approach

In the Netherlands, there is an increasing need to create residential spaces in its already crowded cities to accommodate the growing population. Constructing high-rise buildings is one way to try to solve the issue. However, high-rise buildings are sensitive to wind-induced vibrations. The accurate prediction of the dynamic response is...

A feasibility study into the application of low-fidelity models for the prediction of the shell modes of a wind turbine tower with a slip joint

The slip joint connection is a relatively new alternative method for connecting offshore wind turbine towers to prior installed monopiles. It consists of two overlapping conical sections that together form a connection. There are several challenges left to be solved before the slip joint can be applied on a commercial scale. One of those...

The wind-induced dynamic load on high-rise structures by the use of CFD

During the last decades, the development of high-rise increased quickly. The Eurocode is frequently used to make wind calculations for high-rise structures. To make those calculations, the dynamic wind load is simplified to a conservative equivalent static load. An alternative to calculate wind loads is a physical wind tunnel test. Wind tunnel...

Sensitivities and prerequisites of the application of the Energy Flux Analysis to high-rise structures excited by wind using in situ measurements: Case: New Orleans tower, Rotterdam

As buildings get taller and lighter, structural engineers are increasingly faced with the consequences of the dynamic response of high-rise buildings to wind. Damping is an important property for the dynamic response of high-rise structures, but is a combination of many mechanisms, which makes it a complex phenomenon to account for in the...