Wind-induced tall building response: A time-domain approach

Wind and Structures, An International Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 427-440

  Simiu, Emil ^a   Gabbai, Rene D ^a   Fritz, William P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Building technology; Database assisted design; Directionality; Structural dynamics; Tall buildings; Time domain methods; Wind climatology; Wind engineering; Wind tunnels

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BUILDINGS; LABORATORIES; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TALL BUILDINGS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES; DATABASE-ASSISTED DESIGN; DIRECTIONALITY; TIME-DOMAIN METHODS; WIND CLIMATOLOGY; WIND ENGINEERING;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 57149132686     PISSN: 12266116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/was.2008.11.6.427     Document Type: Article

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