Reliable design loads for natural phenomena: Illustration with wind speeds

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-47

  Corotis, Ross B ^a   Dougherty, Anne M ^b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Building codes; Structural design; Structural safety; Wind loads; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICAL STRUCTURES; NATURAL PHENOMENAS; STRUCTURAL SAFETY; WIND LOADS; WIND SPEED;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PUBLIC RISKS; SAFETY FACTOR; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

WIND EFFECTS;

EID: 9144249199     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2004)5:1(40)     Document Type: Review

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