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The range of service (environmental) loads on structures is illustrated briefly by description of wind (aerodynamic) loads on tall buildings and bridges to focus attention on the random nature of loads and structural response. The means of characterization of wind loads are presented in coherence with principles of spectral analysis of random processes and of statistical dynamics assessment of structures for the evaluation of fatigue properties of structures.
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Davenport (1932–2009) Professor of the University of Western Ontario, Canada, explorer of aerodynamic loads on bridges, tall buildings, etc. Experimentally obtained wind loads on the TWC towers in New York.
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Petinov, S.V. (2018). Service Loads on Structures. In: In-Service Fatigue Reliability of Structures. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 251. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89318-1_4
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