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Application of GPS to monitoring of wind‐induced responses of high‐rise buildings
Author(s) -
Park Hyo Seon,
Sohn Hong Gyoo,
Kim Ill Soo,
Park Jae Hwan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the structural design of tall and special buildings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1541-7808
pISSN - 1541-7794
DOI - 10.1002/tal.335
Subject(s) - global positioning system , accelerometer , acceleration , geodesy , displacement (psychology) , storm , meteorology , environmental science , remote sensing , geology , computer science , geography , telecommunications , physics , psychology , classical mechanics , psychotherapist , operating system
A new monitoring system using GPS is introduced to measure wind‐induced responses of high‐rise buildings. In this paper, wind‐induced responses of a long‐period structure include relative lateral displacements, acceleration records, and torsional displacements at the top of a building. After comparing responses of a test model measured by GPS with responses obtained by the most commonly used laser displacement meters and accelerometers, the wind‐induced responses of a 66‐story high‐rise building subject to the yellow dust storm were measured by the GPS‐based monitoring system. Based on the field measurement, it is concluded that the complete motion history of a high‐rise building can be monitored by GPS. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.