Abstract Abstract: By using commercial software ADINA, the numerical simulation of the wind pressures and wind-induced dynamic responses of an umbrellashaped tension membrane structure were performed. Some key effects including wind-induced dynamical displacements, velocities, accelerations and equivalent stresses of the membrane structure were systematically investigated. Moreover, the effect of several important parameters on wind pressures and structural windinduced dynamic responses was summarized, such as structural rise-span ratio, incoming wind direction, membrane initial pretension and opening/closure forms in the membrane hat. Furthermore, the structural windinduced responses and wind pressure coefficients were obtained. The present results can provide reference for the wind resistant design of similar tension membrane structures.
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