Wind and the Built Environment:

U.S. Needs in Wind Engineering and Hazard Mitigation

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Size: 144 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:1993

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Panel on the Assessment of Wind Engineering Issues in the United States, Committee on Natural Disasters, National Research Council
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This book assesses wind engineering research studies in the past two decades to identify an interdisciplinary research agenda and delineate an action plan for evaluation of critical wind engineering efforts.
It promotes the interdisciplinary approach to achieve collaborative research, assesses the ...
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Front Matter	i-xiv
Executive Summary	1-5	(skim)
1. Wind Hazards and Related Issues	6-18	(skim)
2. The Nature of Wind	19-54	(skim)
3. Wind-Engineering Research Needs	55-78	(skim)
4. Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery	79-94	(skim)
5. Education and Technology Transfer	95-101	(skim)
6. Cooperative Efforts	102-107	(skim)
7. Conclusions and Recommendations	108-113	(skim)
References	114-128	(skim)
Appendix	129-130	(skim)

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This book assesses wind engineering research studies in the past two decades to identify an interdisciplinary research agenda and delineate an action plan for evaluation of critical wind engineering efforts.
It promotes the interdisciplinary approach to achieve collaborative research, assesses the feasibility of formalizing undergraduate wind engineering curricula, and assesses international wind engineering research activities and transfer approaches for U.S. applications.

Wind and the Built Environment:

U.S. Needs in Wind Engineering and Hazard Mitigation

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