Windborne debris risk assessment

Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 523-530

  Lin, Ning ^a   Vanmarcke, Erik ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane risk; Poisson; Probability; Statistics; Wind tunnel; Windborne debris

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; HOUSING; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ECONOMIC LOSSES; HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS; HURRICANE RISK; MEASURE THEORY; POISSON; PROBABILISTIC MODEL; PROBABILITY; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS; STATISTICS; WIND TUNNEL; WINDBORNE DEBRIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 50849108522     PISSN: 02668920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.probengmech.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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