Sampling errors in the estimation of peak wind-induced internal forces in low-rise structures

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-239

  Sadek, Fahim ^a   Diniz, Sofia ^b   Kasperski, Michael ^c   Gioffrè, Massimiliano ^d   Simiu, Emil ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buildings; Errors; Internal forces; Multistory; Samples; Stochastic models; Structural reliability; Wind effects

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

INTERNAL FORCES; PRESSURE RECORDS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ERROR; INTERNAL STRESS; SAMPLING; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE; WIND LOAD;

EID: 1342330024     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2004)130:2(235)     Document Type: Article

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