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J o u r n a l o f W i n d E n g i m ~ l ~ i ~ g a n d L~l~w~riat A e r o d y n a m i c s Contents Volume 18 (1985) Vol. 18, No. 1 Strong winds in complicated hilly terrain -- field measurements and wind-tunnel study C.J. Baker (Nottingham, Gt. Britain), C,J. Wood (Oxford, Gt. Britain) and R.G. Gawthorpe (Derby, Gt. Britain) . . . . . . . . . . . . ................. . . .1 Fatigue model for elastic bars in turbulent wind O. Ditlevsen (Lyngby, Denmark) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 On the behaviour of open-topped oil storage tanks in high winds. Part II. Structural aspects R.J. Holroyd (Oxford, Gt. Britain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Wind tunnel tests on scale models of a large power station chimney J.P. Batham (Leatherhead, Gt. Britain) i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . 75 Wind excitation of neighbouring tall buildings J. Bleasmann and J.D. Riera (Porto Alegre, Brazil) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 91 Short Communication Buffeting effects on neighbouring tall buildings J. Blessmann (Porto Alegre, Brazil) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t05 Discussion On the behaviour of open-topped oil storage tanks in high winds. Part II. Structural aspects by R.J. Holroyd D.J. Johns (Kowloon, Hong Kong) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Item of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Vol. 18, No. 2 The mean kinetic energy in the initial region of a sand/air jet V. Subramanian and G. Raman (Bombay, India) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Aerodynamic forces acting on a rectangular prism placed vertically in a turbulent boundary layer H. Sakamoto (Kitami, Japan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Feasibility study of wind energy utilization in Saudi Arabia M.I. Amin (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) and M.A. E1-Samanoudy (Cairo, Egypt) . . . . . . t53 Four bridge superstructures for a free span o f 3000 metres; model tests in a wind tunnel E. Hjorth-Hansen and B. Hilmarsen (Trondheim, Norway) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Computation of turbulent flows past arbitrary two-dimensional surface-mounted obstructions P.K. Yeung and S.C: Kot (Hong Kong, Hong Kong) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Analysis of torsional moments on tall buildings A. Tallin (Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.) and B. Ellingwood (Gaithersburg, MD, U,S.A.): , 191 A comparison of experimental methods for estimating dynamic response of buildings P.A. Blackmore (Watford, Gt. Britain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ 197 A new boundary-layer wind tunnel at t h e Danish Maritime Institute S.O. Hansen and E.G. S4rensen (Copenhagen, Denmark) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
333 Vol. 18, No. 3 A n e x p e r i m e n t a l i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f w i n d - i n d u c e d ovalling oscillations of t h i n , circular cylindrical shells Y. U e m a t s u a n d K. U c h i y a m a (Sendai, J a p a n ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D e f l e c t i o n a n d b u c k l i n g b e h a v i o r o f t h i n , circular cylindrical shells u n d e r w i n d loads Y. U e m a t s u a n d K. U c h i y a m a (Sendai, J a p a n ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T h e p o s i t i o n of p o i n t s o f m a x i m u m a n d m i n i m u m shear stress u p s t r e a m of cylinders m o u n t e d n o r m a l to flat plates C.J. Baker ( N o t t i n g h a m , Gt. B r i t a i n ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Area d i s t r i b u t i o n a l o n g general t r a n s i t i o n g e o m e t r i e s E.I. D e k a m a n d J.R. Calvert ( S o u t h a m p t o n , Gt. B r i t a i n ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sail r o t o r r e g u l a t i o n b y self-activated t w i n spoilers ( S A T S ) S.K. Tewari a n d M.P. R a m e s h (Bangalore, I n d i a ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T h e flow past y a w e d slender bodies, w i t h a n d w i t h o u t g r o u n d effects W.A. Mair a n d A.J. S t e w a r t ( C a m b r i d g e , Gt. B r i t a i n ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erratum ....................................................
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