Consequences of urban aerodynamics and debris impact in extreme wind events

11th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Brewick, P ^a   Divel, L ^a   Butler, K ^a   Bashor, R ^a   Kareem, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENVELOPES; CLEANING SYSTEM; CORPUS CHRISTI; CURRENT LEVELS; DESIGN LEVELS; DYNAMIC WINDS; FLOWTHROUGH; GLASS DAMAGE; HONG-KONG; HOUSTON , TEXAS; HURRICANE KATRINA; LOUISIANA; SOUTH FLORIDA; STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENTS; STRUCTURAL DAMAGES; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE; URBAN AREAS; WIND EVENTS;

CLADDING (COATING); DEBRIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GLASS; HURRICANES; STORMS;

DAMAGE DETECTION;

EID: 79952271520     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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