A deterministic-stochastic hybrid model of downbursts and its impact on a cantilevered structure

Engineering Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 619-629

  Chen, Lizhong ^a   Letchford, Chris W ^a  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cantilevered structure; Deterministic stochastic model; Downburst; Dynamic response; Evolutionary vector stochastic process; PSD; Simulation; Thunderstorm

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOADING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TALL BUILDINGS; VECTORS; WIND;

CANTILEVERED STRUCTURE; DOWNBURSTS;

CANTILEVER BEAMS;

LOADING; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 1842427573     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2003.12.009     Document Type: Article

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