Wind engineering

For earthquake and wind protection, the Taipei 101, Taiwan building has the tuned mass damper.^[1]

Wind engineering studies effects of wind on the buildings and its possible damage or problems to their inhabitants. From the point of structural engineering, it is interested in strong winds, which may cause discomfort, as well as extreme winds, such as in a tornado, hurricane or heavy storm, which may cause widespread destruction.

Wind engineering needs information from meteorology, fluid dynamics, mechanics, and a number of special engineering disciplines including aerodynamics, and structural dynamics. The tools may also include atmospheric models, atmospheric boundary layer, wind tunnels and computational fluid dynamics models.^[2]

Wind Engineering Media

Flow visualization of wind speed contours around a house
Wind engineering covers the aerodynamic effects of buildings
Damaged wind turbines due to hurricane Maria
Wind Tunnel Model of One Post Office Square, Boston
Wind baffles being installed to mitigate wind danger issues at the Bridgewater Place skyscraper in Leeds, UK
Computer simulation of the airflow downwind of a hangar which caused damage to Ameristar Charters Flight 9363