Computational Simulations of Wind Loads of Super Tall Buildings in Hilly Terrain

Abstract

The wind loads could be increased by the complex hilly terrain. In order to consider this threat, computational simulations about wind pressures in buildings in hilly terrain and surrounding buildings were finished. In the CFD model, surrounding buildings within 500 meters and hilly terrain within 700 meters were established, and total 16 cases including different sensitive wind directions were simulated. The results showed that, because of the complex situation of surrounding hilly terrain and interfered buildings, wind loads in the building group under different direction show opposite characteristics. The speed-up effects by the hilly terrain increased the windward mean pressures when the flow comes from the north, while the interference effects by the surrounding buildings decreased them when the flow comes from the south.