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Wind Engineering: Recent Investigations, and Research Needs

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Stochastic Structural Mechanics

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Current wind engineering practice as reflected, for example, in the American National Standard ANSI A58.1-1982, incorporates results of research conducted in large part in the 1960’s and 1970’s in three main areas: (1)micrometeorology, (2)extreme value climatology, (3) and wind tunnel testing in turbulent flow.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Emil Simiu (Research Engineer, Research Professor)

  2. Center for Building Technology, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

    Emil Simiu (Research Engineer, Research Professor)

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  1. College of Engineering, Center for Applied Stochastics Research, Florida Atlantic University, P. O. Box 3091, Boca Raton, FLA, 33431, USA

    Y. K. Lin (Schmidt Chair in Engineering) (Schmidt Chair in Engineering)

  2. Institute of Engineering Mechanics, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 13, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria

    G. I. Schuëller

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Simiu, E. (1987). Wind Engineering: Recent Investigations, and Research Needs. In: Lin, Y.K., Schuëller, G.I., Spanos, P. (eds) Stochastic Structural Mechanics. Lecture Notes in Engineering, vol 31. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83254-3_21

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