Wind loads on single-family dwellings in suburban terrain: comparing field data and wind tunnel simulation

Proceedings of the Structures Congress and Exposition

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 13-

  Datin, Peter L ^a   Liu, Zhuzhao ^a   Prevatt, David O ^a   Masters, F J ^b   Gurley, K ^c   Reinhold, T A ^d  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTION; LOW RISE BUILDINGS; PRESSURE VARIATION;

BUILDING CODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; FAILURE ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WIND TUNNELS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 33845686747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40889(201)13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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