Low-rise gable roof wind loads: Characterization and stochastic simulation

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 719-738

  Cope, Anne D ^a   Gurley, Kurtis R ^b   Gioffre, Massimiliano ^c   Reinhold, Timothy A ^d  

^a Smith and Hills Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d Institute for Business and Home Safety   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; Gable roof; Low Rise; Probability; Roof pressure; Stochastic simulation; Uplift; Wind loads; Wind pressure

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION THEORY; HOUSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; ROOFS; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

LOW RISE GABLE ROOF; ROOF PRESSURE; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION; WIND LOADS; WIND PRESSURE;

WIND EFFECTS;

ROOF; STOCHASTIC METHOD; UPLIFT FORCE; WIND ENGINEERING; WIND LOAD;

EID: 27644439213     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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