Along-wind load effects on tall buildings: Comparative study of major international codes and standards

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 788-796

  Zhou, Yin ^a,b   Kijewski, Tracy ^b   Kareem, Ahsan ^b  

^a Malouf Eng International Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Building codes; Buildings; Dynamics; Highrise; Wind loads; Wind velocity

Indexed keywords

HIGHRISE; WIND LOADS; WIND VELOCITY;

BUILDING CODES; CIVIL ENGINEERING; CORRELATION METHODS; DYNAMICS; WIND EFFECTS;

TALL BUILDINGS;

EID: 0344758130     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2002)128:6(788)     Document Type: Article

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