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Wind Loading of Structures - 1st Ed.
Author: John D. Holmes | Size: 2.464 MB | Format: PDF | Publisher: Spon Press | Year: 2001 | pages: 366 | ISBN: 0203342348
The wind loading of structures has had significant research effort in many countries during
the last 30 to 35 years. Several thousand research papers have been published in journals
and conference proceedings in all aspects of the subject. In many countries, wind loading
governs the design of many structures, yet even there a good knowledge and understanding
of wind loading amongst practising engineers is not widespread, despite the wealth of
material available. Why is this the case? There are probably several reasons. The multidisciplinary
nature of the subject − involving probability and statistics, meteorology, the
fluid mechanics of bluff bodies, and structural dynamics, undoubtedly is a deterrent to
structural engineers whose expertise is in the analysis and design of structures under nominally
static loads. The subject is usually not taught in University and College courses,
except as final year undergraduate electives, or at post-graduate level, although exposure
to wind loading codes of practice or standards often occurs in design courses. Like many
subjects, the jargon used by specialists and researchers in wind loading can be a deterrent
to many non-specialists.
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