Lessons learned from failures of the building envelope in windstorms

Journal of Architectural Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-13

  Minor, Joseph E ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris; Envelope; Hurricanes; Roofs; Structural failures; Walls; Windows

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE; SHEATHING-TO-RAFTER CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL FAILURES; WINDSTORMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEBRIS; DOORS; HURRICANES; ROOFS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WINDOWS;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 14544267238     PISSN: 10760431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0431(2005)11:1(10)     Document Type: Article

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