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AWES Worshop, Sydney, 2012
The 15th AWES Workshop will be in Sydney next year. A wind load handbook and seminar will be part of the event.
Posted: Nov 2011
Wind Engineering Research Needs (TCWE)
The ASCE Technical Council on Wind Engineering has generated this brief White Paper on future wind-engineering research needs.
Posted: Oct 2011
ATC/ASCE Hurricane Conference
Call for papers. In the 20th anniversary year (2012) of Hurricane Andrew ATC and ASCE will host this event in Miami.
Posted: May 2011
Cyclone Yasi Report by JCU
The Cyclone Testing Station at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, has issued this report on a major cyclone in early 2011.
Posted: Apr 2011
Cyclone Yasi Report by Prof. George Walker
This North Queensland storm damaged a large populated area in early 2011. Prof. Walker, a long-standing AAWE member, has reviewed the damage in this PDF document, and he also provides some the wind-related history and code discussion from...
Posted: Feb 2011
Lowrise Design Guide by ATC
ATC Design Guide 2 - Basic Wind Engineering for Lowrise Buildings
This new design guide as the following features:
(a) Summarizes background information related to both atmospheric and aerodynamic effects of high winds on buildings.
(b)...
Posted: Oct 2010
Guide to the use of ASCE-05
Wind Loads: Guide to the Use of the Wind Load Provisions of ASCE 7-05 by Kishor Mehta and William Coulbourne.
This new guide, published by ASCE Press, focuses on the wind load provisions as they affect the planning, design, and construction of...
Posted: Oct 2010
Saffir-Simpson Removes Storm Surge
A selection of PDf files are available at this NOAA site that describe the recent modifications to the venerable Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
Posted: May 2010 |
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