Lifting Wing in Constructing Tall Buildings —Aerodynamic Testing
This paper builds on previous research by the authors which determined the global state-of-the-art of constructing tall buildings by surveying the most active specialist tall building professionals around the globe. That research identified the effect of wind on tower cranes as a highly ranked, comm...
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| author | Ian Skelton Peter Demian Jacqui Glass Dino Bouchlaghem Chimay Anumba |
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| description | This paper builds on previous research by the authors which determined the global state-of-the-art of constructing tall buildings by surveying the most active specialist tall building professionals around the globe. That research identified the effect of wind on tower cranes as a highly ranked, common critical issue in tall building construction. The research reported here presents a design for a “Lifting Wing,” a uniquely designed shroud which potentially allows the lifting of building materials by a tower crane in higher and more unstable wind conditions, thereby reducing delay on the programmed critical path of a tall building. Wind tunnel tests were undertaken to compare the aerodynamic performance of a scale model of a typical “brick-shaped” construction load (replicating a load profile most commonly lifted via a tower crane) against the aerodynamic performance of the scale model of the Lifting Wing in a range of wind conditions. The data indicate that the Lifting Wing improves the aerodynamic performance by a factor of up to 50%. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1c11dceee3d54f28a45f975cc3f878702022-12-22T03:15:17ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092014-05-014224526510.3390/buildings4020245buildings4020245Lifting Wing in Constructing Tall Buildings —Aerodynamic TestingIan Skelton0Peter Demian1Jacqui Glass2Dino Bouchlaghem3Chimay Anumba4School of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, LE11 3TU, UKSchool of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, LE11 3TU, UKSchool of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, LE11 3TU, UKSchool of Architecture, Nottingham Trent University, NG1 4BU, UKDepartment of Architectural Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, State College, PA 16801, USAThis paper builds on previous research by the authors which determined the global state-of-the-art of constructing tall buildings by surveying the most active specialist tall building professionals around the globe. That research identified the effect of wind on tower cranes as a highly ranked, common critical issue in tall building construction. The research reported here presents a design for a “Lifting Wing,” a uniquely designed shroud which potentially allows the lifting of building materials by a tower crane in higher and more unstable wind conditions, thereby reducing delay on the programmed critical path of a tall building. Wind tunnel tests were undertaken to compare the aerodynamic performance of a scale model of a typical “brick-shaped” construction load (replicating a load profile most commonly lifted via a tower crane) against the aerodynamic performance of the scale model of the Lifting Wing in a range of wind conditions. The data indicate that the Lifting Wing improves the aerodynamic performance by a factor of up to 50%.http://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/4/2/245erodynamicwind tunneltower cranetall buildingconstructioninnovation |
| spellingShingle | Ian Skelton Peter Demian Jacqui Glass Dino Bouchlaghem Chimay Anumba Lifting Wing in Constructing Tall Buildings —Aerodynamic Testing Buildings erodynamic wind tunnel tower crane tall building construction innovation |
| title | Lifting Wing in Constructing Tall Buildings —Aerodynamic Testing |
| title_full | Lifting Wing in Constructing Tall Buildings —Aerodynamic Testing |
| title_fullStr | Lifting Wing in Constructing Tall Buildings —Aerodynamic Testing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lifting Wing in Constructing Tall Buildings —Aerodynamic Testing |
| title_short | Lifting Wing in Constructing Tall Buildings —Aerodynamic Testing |
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| topic | erodynamic wind tunnel tower crane tall building construction innovation |
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