Humphreys, M.T., Ginger, J.D., and Henderson, D.J. (2017) Review of internal pressures in buildings. In: Proceedings of the 24th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials. pp. 1893-1898. From: ACMSM24: 24th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, 6-9 December 2016, Perth, WA, Australia.

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Abstract

Openings in a building envelope can generate large internal pressure in strong winds, and in combination with large external pressures can result in large net pressures across the envelope. Such a scenario, is a common cause of structural failure during windstorms. Internal pressures have been studied using analytical methods, wind tunnel and limited full-scale tests for over 40 years. This paper presents a review of past studies and describes a proposed study to determine internal pressure fluctuations in a range of industrial type buildings using full scale and model scale measurements, and analytical methods.

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