02946ntm a2200289 a 4500 vtls000092244 KUKTEM 20251117113305.0 151125t2015 my da f abm 000 0 eng d THE0000362(Local) 201905141736 nazirah 201712071527 nazri 201511251101 asma UMP FKASA .D43 2015 r Bc. Debbie Cynthia Clarence Botiti A study to investigate the cause of failure and collapse of UMNO Tower Penang / Debbie Cynthia Clarence Botiti Kuantan, Pahang : UMP, 2015 xiv, 65 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. + 1 CD ROM Faculty of Civil Engineering and Earth Resources Project Paper (Bachelors of Civil Engineering) -- Universiti Malaysia Pahang – 2015 Bibliography : p. 45-47 Wind-related disaster had become significant impacts in our society which responsible for the tremendous physical destruction, loss of life, injury and economic damage. On June 13th 2013, a severe thunderstorm hits Penang which lasted for about an hour. In this tragedy, the lightning arrestor pole together with several accompanying structure, the fin-shaped wall attached to a 21-storey UMNO Tower Penang came crashing down during a thunderstorm, crushing vehicles, killing two and five were severely wounded. Therefore this study was carried out to investigate the effect of wind speed to the building tower. Computational Fluid Dynamic has been used in order to examine the effect of wind to the tower. Variations of directions are tested to the tower model. From the result it clearly shows that wind load may increase up 2.71 times from North West Direction from the normal wind act to tower. Additionally historical wind speed data at the nearest meteorological station after the building was also examined. From that it was observed historical wind speed is greater compare to the design wind speed. It may also seem that this value is not the worst that can cause the structure to collapse. Historical wind speed also showed foremost wind blow come from North West Direction. It can be concluded that the possibility of the collapse are highly foreseeable due to repeatable wind speed. The effect of the geometrical shape of the tower may also increase the wind load effect to the tower. Based on the result it can be conclude the repeatable load acting to structural component of the tower may weaken the structural component. Therefore consideration of wind load direction is highly recommended during the design stage Faculty of Civil Engineering and Earth Resources Dissertations Universities and Colleges Dissertations Theses http://ecollib.ump.edu.my/25617/ Access in library only 0 0 0 1 10000 10000 2019-09-04 0 FKASA .D43 2015 r Bc. 0000104241 2019-09-04 00:00:00 1 2019-09-04 PSM 0 0 0 1 10000 10000 2019-09-04 0 CD 9306 | FKASA .D43 2015 r Bc. 0000104242 2019-09-04 00:00:00 1 2019-09-04 PSM VIRTUA40 6187 6193 VTLSSORT0080*0200*0400*0900*1000*2450*2600*3000*5000*5020*5040*5200*6100*6500*6501*8560*9992