Wind Loads - Wind Tunnel Tests

Wind Engineering
Wind Tunnel Testing

GfA's expertise :

Wind pressure coefficient:
Determination of external (in special cases also internal) pressure coefficients on the building hull based on relevant national codes or based on our own measurements in a wind tunnel test either with and/or without surrounding buildings.

Local wind loads:
Zoning of local peak wind loads on glass and cladding according to codes or measured peak pressure data from wind tunnel tests and location/direction dependent meteorological data provided by local weather services. Derivation of local and overall average and peak wind loads.

Model work shop:
Construction of suitable models for experiments in boundary layer wind tunnels, scaled in the range from 1:500 to 1:100 and including the relevant surrounding environment. We also include all necessary test equipment e.g. pressure taps for stationary and time dependent recordings.

Recent wind tunnel testing and wind load determination studies include: