Prediction of extreme wind velocity at the site of the Runyang Suspension Bridge

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science A

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 605-615

  Deng, Yang ^a   Ding, You Liang ^a   Li, Ai Qun ^a   Zhou, Guang Dong ^a  

^a Southeast University   (China)

Author keywords

Extreme wind velocity; Maximum entropy theory; Probability density function; Structural health monitoring (SHM)

Indexed keywords

COMBINED ACTIONS; DESIGN WIND SPEED; DISTRIBUTION-FREE METHODS; GUMBEL DISTRIBUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JOINT PROBABILITY; JOINT PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHODS; MAXIMUM ENTROPY THEORY; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; SMALL SAMPLES; WIND MONITORING; WIND PREDICTION; WIND SPEED; WIND VELOCITIES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENTROPY; MONITORING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SUSPENSION BRIDGES; VELOCITY; WIND EFFECTS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 80054707611     PISSN: 1673565X     EISSN: 18621775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.A1000446     Document Type: Article

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