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