Issues of contemporary wind engineering and aerodynamics of building structures

Tomasz Lipecki

t.lipecki@pollub.pl
Department of Structural Mechanics; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Lublin University of Technology (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2867-773X

Paulina Jamińska


Department of Structural Mechanics; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Lublin University of Technology (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2205-6526

Abstract

The paper reviews nowadays problems and issues of wind engineering and aerodynamics of building structures. The article mainly focuses on aerodynamics of building structures, shortly characterizing theoretical bases, which one must take into account when assuming wind loads. The three different approaches of collecting information in the field of wind loads are described: in-situ measurements, wind tunnel tests and numerical simulations. Also, a review of the most important contemporary issues of wind engineering is presented.


Keywords:

wind engineering, aerodynamics, wind tunnel, CFD, in-situ measurements

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Lipecki, T. and Jamińska, P. (2016) “Issues of contemporary wind engineering and aerodynamics of building structures”, Budownictwo i Architektura, 15(3), pp. 029–051. doi: 10.24358/Bud-Arch_16_153_03.

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Tomasz Lipecki 
t.lipecki@pollub.pl
Department of Structural Mechanics; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Lublin University of Technology Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2867-773X

Authors

Paulina Jamińska 

Department of Structural Mechanics; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Lublin University of Technology Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2205-6526

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