Wood frame building response to rapid-onset flooding

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 85-95

  Becker, Andrea B ^a   Johnstone, William M ^b   Lence, Barbara J ^b  

^a City of Vancouver   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Floods; Natural disasters; Timber construction; Wood structures

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC FLOODS; DEEP WATER; DESIGN PRACTICE; DISASTER PLANNING; FAILURE MECHANISM; FLOOD EVENT; HIGH VELOCITY; HUMAN SAFETY; MODEL LOGIC; NATURAL DISASTERS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NORTH AMERICAN; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION; THEORETICAL MODELS; TIMBER CONSTRUCTION; WIND LOAD; WOOD FRAME; WOOD STRUCTURES;

BUILDING CODES; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; FLOODS; WOOD; WOODEN BUILDINGS; WOODEN CONSTRUCTION;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BUILDING; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DEEP WATER; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FLOODING; NATURAL DISASTER; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIMBER; VELOCITY; WOOD;

DISASTERS; FLOODS; FORESTS; NORTH AMERICA; VELOCITY; WOOD;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 79957587016     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000029     Document Type: Article

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