Wind Forces in Engineering

Peter Sachs

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780080212999
• eBook ISBN: 9781483148359
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Civil Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Wind Forces in Engineering, Second Edition covers the various aspects, principles, and engineering applications of wind forces. This book is composed of 10 chapters and starts with an introduction to the history of wind forces. The subsequent chapters consider the wind speeds for various topographies; particular "shape factors" for general and special structures; oscillatory wind forces of a random or single-frequency type; and the dynamic response of structures to oscillatory wind forces. Other chapters deal with specific structures, such as buildings, bridges, towers, radar antennas, for static and dynamic wind loadings. The final chapter provides the Code of Practice which has been republished since 1972, including those for Australia, Canada, Great Britain and the U.S.A. These codes do not provide similar responses and are all essentially in a transitional state between the old static force concept and an improved statistical analysis to be based on more experimental evidence. This book will prove useful to engineers and researchers.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Wind Forces in Engineering
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface to the Second Edition
• CHAPTER 1. Introduction
• CHAPTER 2. Wind Data
• CHAPTER 3. Basic Shape Factors
• CHAPTER 4. Wind-tunnel Techniques
• CHAPTER 5. Dynamic Effects
• CHAPTER 6. Bridges
• CHAPTER 7. Buildings
• CHAPTER 8. Masts and Towers
• CHAPTER 9. Special Structures
• CHAPTER 10. Codes of Practice
• APPENDIX 1: Notation Used in Chapters 1-9
• APPENDIX 2: Standard Aerodynamic and Conversion Data
• APPENDIX 3: Characteristics of Wind-measuring Instruments
• APPENDIX 4: Shelter Effects
• References
• Index