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In attacking the problem of the effect of wind on structures, our approach is necessarily divided. No single mind, so to speak, comprehends the available knowledge of the nature of the wind and at the same time its effect upon a structure. The structural engineer can gain a conception of the wind only through its observed effects on a given structure in a given instance. In the past, specifications and codes defining design wind loads have often been developed by computing what uniform pressure would have been required to wreak the observed havoc on a particular structure. The meteorologist, however, knows that this presents a very unreal picture of the invisible structure of the wind. The truer concept might indicate a wind which would have an entirely different effect on a slightly different structure than might be computed on the basis used in the engineer’s analysis.
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Vincent, G.S. (1960). Introductory Remarks. In: Topics in Engineering Meteorology. Meteorological Monographs, vol 4. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-940033-39-6_2
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