Windborne debris risk analysis - Part I. Introduction and methodology

Wind and Structures, An International Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-206

  Lin, Ning ^a   Vanmarcke, Erik ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane; Probabilistic modeling; Risk analysis; Windborne debris

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; ESTIMATION; HURRICANES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STORMS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

BUILDING ENVELOPES; NEIGHBORING BUILDING; PROBABILISTIC MODELING; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; TRAJECTORY PARAMETERS; VULNERABILITY MODELS; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT; WINDBORNE DEBRIS;

RISK ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953276013     PISSN: 12266116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/was.2010.13.2.191     Document Type: Article

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