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PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER MODELING AND STANDARD PROVISIONS FOR TALL BUILDING DESIGN

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Emil Simiu, N. Alan Heckert, DongHun Yeo

Abstract

According to recent results of Planetary Boundary Layer research relevant to tall building design, for elevations of up to at least 1 km: (i) the longitudinal mean wind speeds are monotonically increasing with height, and (ii) veering angles are negligible for practical structural engineering purposes. It is shown that, for these reasons, to avoid unconservative designs an explicit derogation from the ASCE 7 Standard specification of the gradient heights zg is necessary for buildings with heights greater than zg.
Citation
Journal of Structural Engineering-ASCE
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

Planetary Boundary Layer flows, structural engineering, tall buildings, wind engineering, Wind Tunnel Procedure.
Windstorm impact reduction, Fire and Buildings and Construction

Citation

Simiu, E. , Heckert, N. and Yeo, D. (2017), PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER MODELING AND STANDARD PROVISIONS FOR TALL BUILDING DESIGN, Journal of Structural Engineering-ASCE, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=919762 (Accessed October 9, 2025)

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Created March 30, 2017, Updated October 12, 2021
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