Theoretically estimated peak wind loads

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-132

  Tieleman, Henry W ^a   Ge, Zhongfu ^a   Hajj, Muhammad R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma distribution; Gumbel distribution; Method of moments; Peak wind loads; Probability plot; Probability plot correlation coefficient; Standard translation process

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; GUMBEL DISTRIBUTION; PEAK WIND LOADS; PRESSURE COEFFICIENT; PROBABILITY PLOT;

WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WIND; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 33845332975     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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