Advanced Structural Wind Engineering

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tamura, Yukio. (Editor), Kareem, Ahsan. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Architecture.; Engineering mathematics.; Mechanical engineering.; Vibration.; Structural Mechanics.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Architecture, general.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.
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This book serves as a textbook for advanced courses as it introduces state-of-the-art information and the latest research results on diverse problems in the structural wind engineering field. The topics include wind climates, design wind speed estimation, bluff body aerodynamics and applications, wi...

Table of Contents:

• Strong winds and their characteristics
• Estimation of design wind speeds
• Bluff body aerodynamics
• Bluff body aerodynamics application
• Wind-induced vibration of structures
• The gust factor approach to along-wind excitation
• Wind loads on components and cladding
• Debris flight and impact criteria
• Understanding of wind codes and standards
• Computational tools for wind engineering
• CFD applications in wind engineering
• Human perception and tolerance of wind-induced building motions
• Damping in buildings
• Suppression of wind-induced responses of buildings and structures.