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Wind Engineering Overview
RWDI’s wind-engineering consultants provide expert advice for the design of structures affected by wind.
The consulting expertise of RWDI’s engineers and scientists is based on decades of invaluable experience working on many of the world’s landmark structures using physical modeling and computational techniques.
Structural engineers, architects and developers receive the right information through all stages of design.
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Benefits
- Detailed, project-specific design information that is easy to use
- Cost-effective design (cost savings)
- Reduced risk
- Consistent reliability
- Identification and mitigation of potential issues, e.g., early in design process or based on test results
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Issues
- Local wind loads for component and cladding design
- Structural wind loads for design of main wind force resisting systems
- Structural wind loads for design of bridges at various stages of construction
- Predictions of wind-induced motions and comfort evaluation
- Assessment of aerodynamic stability
- Preliminary design reviews, aided by an extensive database of wind tunnel studies
- Assistance in the value engineering process
- Assessment of cyclic loading for fatigue design
- Evaluation of local wind climate, its impacts on design
- Impacts of complex terrain
- Expert testimony
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Resources
Technotes
- Implications of Solid-walled Balconies on Wind Loading
- Improving Bridge Aerodynamics
- High Rise Buildings In Hurricane Areas #1 (Page 4)
- High Rise Buildings In Hurricane Areas #2 (Page 2)
- Working With Nature: Wind Deflection Fins in Action (Page 3)
- Wind Loading On Long Span And Cantilevered Roofs (Page 2)
- Wind-Induced Cable Oscillations (Page 2)
- Wind Control Features In Building Design: Hidden Gems
- Design-orientated Wind Engineering Studies New China Central Television Headquarters
- The Advantages of Using Wind Tunnel Testing
- What's the Latest Tool in Wind Engineering?