FIELD MEASUREMENTS ON WIND FORCES ACTING ON BALCONY HANDRAILS

This report shows the wind force characteristics which acts on balcony handrails of condominium under natural wind condition. As the results, the large wind pressure force acts on the balcony handrails at the corner part, and uniformly distributed of the height direction. The mean wind force coefficient which acts on balcony handrails showed that it was possible to evaluate at the inclination of the straight line which envelops peak wind pressure force to the maximum dynamic pressure. It proposed the evaluation method of peak wind force coefficient of the balcony handrail which considered a phenomenon under the natural-wind for the design.