Full-scale validation of vortex suppression techniques for mitigation of roof uplift

Engineering Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2936-2946

  Blessing, Collette ^a   Chowdhury, Arindam Gan ^a   Lin, Jason ^b   Huang, Peng ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WeatherPredict Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic edge shapes; Full scale testing; Mitigation techniques; Pressure; Roof damage; Uplift; Wind

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICAL METHODS; EDGE REGION; EDGE SHAPE; EXISTING BUILDING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLAT ROOFS; FULL SCALE; FULL-SCALE TESTING; HIGH WINDS; INDUCED DAMAGE; MITIGATION TECHNIQUES; NEW CONSTRUCTION; PEAK PRESSURE; PRESSURE TESTING; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATES; ROOFING MATERIALS; SCALE VALIDATION; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; TESTING APPARATUS; UPLIFT; VORTEX SUPPRESSION; WIDESPREAD DAMAGE; WIND DAMAGE; WIND LOAD; WIND PERFORMANCE;

AERODYNAMICS; BUILDING MATERIALS; HURRICANES; RETROFITTING; UPLIFT PRESSURE; VORTEX FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

ROOFS;

AERODYNAMICS; BUILDING; DAMAGE MECHANICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; LOADING; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRESSURE EFFECT; PROBABILITY; ROOF; TESTING METHOD; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 70449701725     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2009.07.021     Document Type: Article

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