Wind effects on structures : modern structural design for wind / Emil Simiu, P.E., Ph. D., NIST Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology, DongHun Yeo, P.E., Ph. D., Research Engineer, National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Simiu, Emil (Author), Yeo, DongHun (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2019.
Edition:	Fourth edition.
Subjects:	Wind-pressure. Buildings > Aerodynamics. Wind resistant design. wind loads. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > General. Buildings > Aerodynamics Wind-pressure Wind resistant design
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Fourth Edition; Introduction; Part I Atmospheric Flows, Extreme Wind Speeds, Bluff Body Aerodynamics; Chapter 1 Atmospheric Circulations; 1.1 Atmospheric Thermodynamics; 1.1.1 Temperature of the Atmosphere; 1.1.2 Radiation in the Atmosphere; 1.1.3 Compression and Expansion. Atmospheric Stratification; 1.1.4 Molecular and Eddy Conduction; 1.1.5 Condensation of Water Vapor; 1.2 Atmospheric Hydrodynamics; 1.3 Windstorms; 1.3.1 Large-Scale Storms; 1.3.2 Local Storms; References; Chapter 2 The Atmospheric Boundary Layer
2.1 Wind Speeds and Averaging Times2.2 Equations of Mean Motion in the ABL; 2.3 Wind Speed Profiles in Horizontally Homogeneous Flow Over Flat Surfaces; 2.3.1 The Ekman Spiral; 2.3.2 Neutrally Stratified ABL: Asymptotic Approach; 2.3.3 Brunt-Väisäla Frequency. Types of Neutrally Stratified ABLs; 2.3.4 The Logarithmic Mean Wind Profile; 2.3.5 Power Law Description of ABL Wind Speed Profiles; 2.3.6 ABL Flows in Different Surface Roughness Regimes; 2.3.7 Relation Between Wind Speeds with Different Averaging Times; 2.4 ABL Turbulence in Horizontally Homogeneous Flow Over Smooth Flat Surfaces
2.4.1 Turbulence Intensities2.4.2 Integral Turbulence Scales; 2.4.3 Spectra of Turbulent Wind Speed Fluctuations; 2.4.4 Cross-spectral Density Functions; 2.5 Horizontally Non-Homogeneous Flows; 2.5.1 Flow Near a Change in Surface Roughness. Fetch and Terrain Exposure; 2.5.2 Wind Profiles over Escarpments; 2.5.3 Hurricane and Thunderstorm Winds; References; Chapter 3 Extreme Wind Speeds; 3.1 Cumulative Distributions, Exceedance Probabilities, Mean Recurrence Intervals; 3.1.1 Probability of Exceedance and Mean Recurrence Intervals; 3.1.1.1 A Case Study: The Fair Die
3.1.1.2 Extension to Extreme Wind Speeds3.1.2 Mixed Wind Climates; 3.2 Wind Speed Data; 3.2.1 Meteorological and Micrometeorological Homogeneity of the Data; 3.2.2 Directional and Non-Directional Wind Speeds; 3.2.3 Wind Speed Data Sets; 3.2.3.1 Data in the Public Domain; 3.2.3.2 Data Available Commercially; 3.3 N-year Speed Estimation from Measured Wind Speeds; 3.3.1 Epochal Versus Peaks-Over-Threshold Approach to Estimation of Extremes; 3.3.2 Extreme Value Distributions and Their Use in Wind Climatology; 3.3.3 Wind Speed Estimation by the Epochal Approach; 3.3.3.1 Method of Moments
3.3.4 Sampling Errors in the Estimation of Extreme Speeds3.3.5 Wind Speed Estimation by the Peaks-Over-Threshold Approach; 3.3.6 Spatial Smoothing; 3.3.7 Development of Large Wind Speed Datasets; 3.4 Tornado Characterization and Climatology; 3.4.1 Tornado Flow Modeling; 3.4.2 Summary of NUREG/CR-4461, Rev. 2 Report; 3.4.3 Design-Basis Tornado for Nuclear Power Plants; References; Chapter 4 Bluff Body Aerodynamics; 4.1 Governing Equations; 4.1.1 Equations of Motion and Continuity; 4.1.2 The Navier-Stokes Equation; 4.1.3 Bernoulli's Equation; 4.2 Flow in a Curved Path: Vortex Flow

Wind effects on structures : modern structural design for wind / Emil Simiu, P.E., Ph. D., NIST Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology, DongHun Yeo, P.E., Ph. D., Research Engineer, National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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