Hurricane wind shelter retrofit room guidelines for existing houses

Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 246-252

  Yazdani, Nur ^a,b   Townsend, Tanya ^c   Kilcollins, Danny ^a,d  

^a ASCE ^*  (United States)

^b FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^c South Florida Water Management District   (United States)

^d Division of Emergency Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Buildings, residential; Debris; Evacuation; Hurricanes; Retrofitting; Structural safety

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS, RESIDENTIAL; EVACUATION; STEEL PLATES; STRUCTURAL SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONSTRUCTION; COSTS; DEBRIS; HURRICANES; MISSILES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RETROFITTING; STEEL; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WIND;

HOUSES;

EID: 27744519294     PISSN: 10840680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0680(2005)10:4(246)     Document Type: Article

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