Wind and Structures
Volume 8, Number 5, 2005, pages 357-372
DOI: 10.12989/was.2005.8.5.357
Wind effects on a large cantilevered flat roof: loading characteristics and strategy of reduction
J. Y. Fu, Q. S. Li and Z. N. Xie
Abstract
Mean and extreme pressure distributions on a large cantilevered flat roof model are measured in a boundary layer wind tunnel. The largest peak suction values are observed from pressure taps beneath conical
Key Words
flat roof; wind load; wind tunnel test
Address
J. Y. Fu1,2 and Q. S. Li1; 1Department of Building and Construction, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kongrn2Department of Civil Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, ChinarnZ. N. Xie; Department of Civil Engineering, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China