Investigation of wind actions and effects on the Leaning Tower of Pisa

Wind and Structures, An International Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-23

  Solari, Giovanni ^a   Reinhold, Timothy A ^b   Livesey, Flora ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b AMRL   (United States)

^c Danish Maritime   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Dynamic response; Leaning Tower of Pisa; Risk assessment; Safety; Statistical analysis; Wind engineering; Wind tunnel tests

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AERODYNAMIC LOADS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TOWERS; WAKES; WIND TUNNELS;

LEANING TOWER OF PISA; SOIL PRESSURE; WIND ENGINEERING;

WIND EFFECTS;

EID: 0032024911     PISSN: 12266116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/was.1998.1.1.001     Document Type: Article

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