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However, with increasing slenderness ratios comes increased crosswind response due the phenomenon of vortex shedding. Mitigating this response often requires stiffening the structure or using active systems such as damping devices. These systems come with increased costs and material usage, which goes against the economic and environmental focus of modern developers. However, the development of passive systems that utilize the wind to disrupt wind acting on the structure could reduce the crosswind response, costs, and environmental impact in an elegant manner. The crosswind response of the structure is primarily caused by the phenomenon of vortex shedding. The primary vortex shedding mitigation techniques are reducing the coherence of vortex shedding along a building's height, modifying separated shear layer structure, and stabilizing the near-wake region of a building. This study builds upon previous works by focusing on the importance of stabilizing the near wake region versus altering the separated shear layer. These methods are explored via differing vent configurations that passively direct the flow to the areas of interest. This study developed vent configurations to maximize usable floor space while minimizing a structure's crosswind response. In total, thirty-one vent configurations were tested at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's boundary layer wind tunnel facility. Stabilizing the windward portion of the near shear layer was the most influential in reducing the crosswind response of a structure by reducing the peak power spectral density, the crosswind moment coefficient, and the full-scale overturning moment. A modified overturning moment was developed for the purpose of maximizing total building floor space while reducing full-scale overturning moment. Two vent configurations successfully resulted in similar or better moment-area optimization parameters than having an entirely open mechanical floor. The effectiveness of vent configurations with differing intended flow characteristics were studied with the intent of applying this knowledge to future vented structures."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Optimizing openings through tall buildings to mitigate their crosswind response"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Lombardo, Franklin"],"dc:creator":["Lhotka, Cory Stewart"],"dc:date":["2023-05","2023-03-17"],"dc:description":["Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01","The student, Cory Lhotka, accepted the attached license on 2023-03-15 at 20:16.","The student, Cory Lhotka, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2023-03-15 at 20:22.","This Thesis was approved for publication on 2023-03-17 at 13:26.","DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #18876 on 2023-09-01 at 17:13:05","High-rise structures are becoming taller and more slender due to developers attempting to maximize their project location's value. 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