Print Email Facebook Twitter Evaluation of the Voorhof II building refurbishment Title Evaluation of the Voorhof II building refurbishment: A dynamic behaviour view-point Author TNO Bouw van Oosterhout, G.P.C. Publication year 1997 Abstract The paper discusses the effectiveness of stiffening an existing building to improve the dynamic behaviour. The evaluation was part of a Ph.D. studies on the wind-induced dynamic behaviour of tall buildings. Sensitivity analyses by means of a computer model suggested that stiffening tall buildings may not be effective to increase human comfort in relation to wind-induced vibrations. The dynamic behaviour of the test-case building was assessed by measurements before and after a major refurbishment, that included stiffening the existing steel frames. The evaluation of the measurement confirmed increasing the stiffness of tall buildings is an ineffective measure to increase human comfort. Subject Dynamic behaviourTall buildingsComputer simulationDynamic responseSensitivity analysisSteel structuresStiffnessStructural analysisStructural framesWind stressBuilding refurbishmentTall buildings To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7b0d859b-8bcf-4e34-985a-3bd9a8e69027 TNO identifier 280491 ISSN 0046-7316 Source Heron, 42 (42), 97-111 Document type article Files PDF oosterhout-1997-evaluation.pdf