【摘要】
This paper presents the results of parallel analyses of tall building responses (structural loads, deflections, accelerations and local pressures) due to typhoon passages using a time-domain approach and a traditional analysis in which the tropical storm winds are represented by an equivalent probability distribution. The results show that the time-domain approach, which tracks the speed and wind direction signatures of particular storms, can result in larger predictions for responses which have a pronounced directional sensitivity. One consequence is that the benefits of wind directionality are reduced in regions where tropical storms are dominant.