Vortices and tall buildings: A recipe for resonance

2010/09/01 by Peter A. Irwin · 1 citation
Environmental Science · #Wind and Air Flow Studies

paper · doi:10.1063/1.3490510

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Abstract

Structures buffeted by steady winds experience pushes and pulls in the direction perpendicular to the wind flow. If those forces were to organize coherently, the results could be disastrous.

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