Destructive testing under simulated hurricane effects to promote hazard mitigation

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Chowdhury, Arindam Gan ^a   Simiu, Emil ^b   Leatherman, Stephen P ^c  

^a FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b Florida International University   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal structures; Full scale tests; Hurricanes; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING SAFETIES; COASTAL STRUCTURES; CRASH TESTING; CURRENT TESTING; DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES; FULL-SCALE TESTS; GULF COASTS; HAZARD MITIGATIONS; HURRICANE DESTRUCTIONS; HURRICANE ENGINEERINGS; HURRICANE RESEARCHES; MITIGATION MEASURES; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PILOT TESTS; SEISMIC RESISTANCES; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

AUTOMOBILE TESTING; BUILDINGS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HURRICANE EFFECTS; HURRICANE RESISTANCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAFETY ENGINEERING; UNDERWATER FOUNDATIONS;

SAFETY TESTING;

COASTAL STRUCTURE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE EVENT; TESTING METHOD; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 65649106211     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2009)10:1(1)     Document Type: Article

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