ABSTRACT
Tall buildings, now approaching 800 m in height, project well into the atmospheric boundary layer, and their upper levels may experience the highest winds of large-scale wind storms, such as tropical cyclones or the winter gales of the temperate regions. Resonant dynamic response in along-wind, cross-wind and torsional modes are a feature of the overall structural loads experienced by these structures. Extreme local cladding pressures may be experienced on their side walls.
