Wind loading of structures

"Preface to the third edition Since the publication of the second edition of Wind Loading of Structures, strong windstorms have continued to occur at frequent intervals across the world: Hurricane 'Sandy' (2012) on the east coast of the United States, and Typhoon 'Haiyan' in the Philippines (2014) are just two recent damaging examples. Whether there is an increase in the number and/or intensity of these events as a result of global warming is not yet established, but it is certain that the number of structures exposed to the loads imparted by strong winds has escalated, and there is a strong demand by structural engineers worldwide for guidance on practical methods for the design of wind actions, with the appropriate balance between safety and economy. In the same period, the largest structures have become even more wind sensitive. For example, the current world's tallest building (Burj Khalifa) is now nearly twice the height of the tallest building in 2007 (Taipei 101), requiring a large amount of wind engineering in the design process. In the last 7 years, there has also been an explosion in the number of research papers on the topic of wind loading of structures through reports, conference presentations and journal papers, so that it is now virtually impossible for even a specialist to keep up with the output. However, I have endeavoured to expand parts of the book with new information, when it is of practical value to practising engineers, or if it provides new understanding of the basic phenomena involved"--

Table of contents; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; 1. The nature of wind storms and wind-induced damage; 2. Prediction of design wind speeds and structural safety; 3. Strong wind characteristics and turbulence; 4. Basic bluff-body aerodynamics; 5. Resonant dynamic response and effective static load distributions; 6. Internal pressures; 7. Laboratory simulation of strong winds and wind loads; 8. Low-rise buildings; 9. Tall buildings; 10. Large roofs and sports stadiums; 11. Towers, chimneys and masts; 12. Bridges; 13. Transmission lines.

14. Other structures; 15. Wind loading codes and standards; Appendix A: Terminology; Appendix B: List of symbols; Appendix C: Probability distributions relevant to wind engineering; Appendix D: Extreme wind climates -- a world survey; Appendix E: Some approximate formulas for natural structural frequencies; Appendix F: Application of the effective static load method to a simple structure; Index.