Climate change as a main source of severe weather conditions more and more often results in extreme wind loads on commercial facilities around the world.
At
the same time modern materials and construction techniques allow
for a new generation of structures that are remarkably flexible,
low in damping and light in weight. Such structures exhibit an
increased susceptibility to the action of wind.
To reduce risk exposure to physical damage and business interruption, its imperative to ensure that the performance of facilities and their components will be adequate during their anticipated lifetime from the standpoint of both structural safety and serviceability.
Wind engineering is the discipline evolved to estimate wind effects on structures at a higher degree of refinement than required in the past.
Special attention areas are for example
High rise buildings or other slender and tall structures
Performance of exterior glass and curtain walls
Serviceability of pedestrian areas
Oscillations and fluttor of suspension bridges
Action of extreme wind conditions on facilities with great economical and ecological impact
capability
eS21 provides a broad spectum of services which are aimed at managing considerable complexities involved in assessments regarding (1) the wind environment, (2) the relation between that environment and the forces is generates and (3) the behaviour of whole buildings or their components under the action of these forces.
services
eS21 engineering & structures comprehensive range of both simplified and advanced assessment techniques cover
Wind environment analysis for specific facilitiies
Numerical wind force assessment
Planning and evaluation of wind tunnel tests
Bluff body aerodynamics
Aeroelastic vibration analysis
