Wind actions have a great influence on buildings and other civil engineering structures, both onshore and offshore. It is important to complete a structural wind load analysis during the design stage to avoid unnecessary conservativism in the code values and to also avoid potential failure.

Wind tunnel test with a scale model of a structure is a powerful tool to determine less conservative and more precise wind actions for a specific structure. The outcome of using the wind tunnel test results in the design will be an improved engineered structure.