Wind Effects on Structures: An Introduction to Wind Engineering - Couverture rigide

Simiu, Emil; Scanlan, Robert H.

 
9780471866138: Wind Effects on Structures: An Introduction to Wind Engineering

Synopsis

A comprehensive, integrated treatment of wind engineering, reviewing fundamentals, applications to design, and basic analytical tools. The book furnishes detailed design procedures and data for wind-resistance in tall buildings, tall stacks, hyperbolic cooling towers, trussed frameworks, suspension bridges, offshore structures, nuclear power plants and many other structures. Design procedures are illustrated step-by-step with examples. Fundamentals encompass micrometeorology, climatology, aerodynamics, structural dynamics, aeroelasticity, probability and statistics, structural reliability and structural engineering.

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