Wind pressure and strain measurements at the post office tower.

Presents some results not previously published of the full-scale loading project carried out at the post office tower, London. Autocorrelations and pressure spectra were determined for all the pressure transducers, and the variations of these around thestructure as well as vertically are discussed. Shows the effect of vortex shedding from the tower on the cladding loads.pressures were combined at each level where transducers were installed to give total horizontal loads and an important result of this is that, in general, the short duration loads were the greatest at the lower heights due to high transient suctions in the lee of the structure. Discusses the significance of gust sizes and makes recommendations for design gust durations.