Wind Load Analysis of Tall Building – Review

Abstract

This review paper provides comprehensive analysis of methodologies, advancements, challenges and best practices which can be used in wind analysis for tall building. Wind load presents the most critical lateral loading for modern tall buildings and such buildings need to be analyzed for such type of varying loads to resist well to them. The stiffness and stability requirement becomes more important as height of structure increases which results in larger displacement and story drift. To analyse it different methods such as Wind Tunnel Test, Computational Fluid Dynamic Test, and High Frequency Base Balance are adopted and some software tools like STAAD PRO and ETABS used to analyse and design buildings for changing loads. These methods are widely used in analysis and show better result with greater efficiency. This review paper mainly focuses on studying methods used for analysis making structure efficient to withstand against wind-induced loads assessing occupant safety and pedestrian comfort around the building.