Effects of wind exposure on roof snow loads

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3726-3736

  Meløysund, Vivian ^a,b   Robert Lisø, Kim ^a,b   Olav Hygen, Hans ^c   Høiseth, Karl V ^b   Leira, Bernt ^b  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Buildings; Roofs; Snow; Snow loads; Structural design; Wind loads

Indexed keywords

ROOFS; SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT; STATISTICS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; WIND EFFECTS;

SNOW LOADS; WIND LOADS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ROOFS; SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT; STATISTICS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL LOADS; WIND EFFECTS;

BUILDING; DESIGN; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ROOF; SNOW; WIND STRESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34249993172     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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