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Wind and the built environment : U.S. needs in wind engineering and hazard mitigation

Title
Wind and the built environment : U.S. needs in wind engineering and hazard mitigation / Panel on the Assessment of Wind Engineering Issues in the United States, Committee on Natural Disasters, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.
Author
National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on the Assessment of Wind Engineering Issues in the United States.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Robertson, Leslie E.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Natural Disasters.
Description
xiii, 130 pages : illustrations, maps; 28 cm
Alternative Title
Wind engineering and hazard mitigation.
Subject
  • Wind-pressure
  • Winds > United States
  • Buildings > Aerodynamics
  • Buildings > Natural disaster effects
Note
  • Panel chairman: Leslie E. Robertson.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 114-128.
Contents
Acronym List -- 1. Wind Hazards and Related Issues -- 2. The Nature of Wind -- 3. Wind-Engineering Research Needs -- 4. Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery -- 5. Education and Technology Transfer -- 6. Cooperative Efforts -- 7. Conclusions and Recommendations -- App. U.S. Conferences/Symposia/Workshops -- App. Joint Seminars/Symposia/Workshops -- App. International Conferences on Wind Engineering.
ISBN
0309044499
OCLC
ocm27568604
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries