Reducing wind damage to buildings by improving internal pressure design
Destructive winds are inevitable around Australia and the world, thus our buildings must be prepared to withstand their damaging effects. A common and seemingly small failure of a door or window often contributes to the failure of the whole building due to wind entering, generating large internal pressures. These pressures can contribute to more than half of the total load on structural elements. This project will provide much needed information of the magnitude of these pressures with respect to building parameters to improve internal pressure design.