Browsing National Wind Institute by Issue Date
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Intergovernmental Relations in Disaster Relief
(1971-05)The occurrence of a disaster in an urban area disrupts the flow of municipal services and creates severe hardships for the residents. Unlike the resident of the rural area, the city-dweller is highly interdependent with ... -
Loads: The Basis of Repeated Loading and Impact Loading Criteria
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The Strength of Weathered Window Glass Using Surface Characteristics
(Texas Tech University, 1981-08)The general objective of the research is to evaluate tie strength of glass plates that have been in service as windows for several (>15) years. Included in this general objective are the use of analytical techniques to ... -
Regionalization of Tornado Hazard Probability
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Analysis of Data for the Response of Full-Scale Transmission Tower Systems to Real Winds
(1983-05)...procedures for calculating the statistical properties of wind and structural response data are discussed in this report- The objective of this research is to indicate statistical procedures for analyses of data of ... -
A Comparative Study of Wind Load Standards
(1985-08)The subject of this thesis is a comparative study of the wind load provisions specified in the major national standards. The basic premise is that two structures of identical shape and size and subjected to the same ... -
Application of the Boundary Element Method
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Experimental Study of Glass Plate Strength at Rapid Loading Rates
(1986-12)The time dependent nature of the strength of glass plates, commonly referred to as "static fatigue," is modeled by an equation involving an exponent "n" which is a material property relating to the rate of loading. Except ... -
Comparison of Window Glass Sample Strength Estimates: Full Scale Versus Concentric Rings
(1987-05)...The principal objective of this research is to test the hypothesis that surface strength parameters, m and k, are independent of glass plate geometry. Surface strength parameters obtained from full scale tests ... -
Wind Parameters of Texas Tech University Field Site
(1988-08)Wind parameters obtained from field data are generally simulated in wind tunnel for studying wind effects on structures. The result of the wind tunnel study depends on the reliability of field wind parameters and the ... -
Robust Fractal Characterization of One-Dimensional and Two-Dimensional Signals
(1993-08)Fractals have been shown to be useful in the analysis of time series data and in classification of natural shapes and textures. A Maximum Likelihood Estimator is used to measure the parameter H which is directly related ... -
Finite Element Modeling of Tornado Missile Impact on Reinforced Concrete Wall Panels
(1993-12)This study describes a finite element model for the impact of large tornado missiles on reinforced concrete wall panels. The analysis predicts the dynamic response of wall panels when impacted by a missile with a large ... -
Wind Erosion:Mechanics of Saltation and Dust Generation
(1994-12)Soil erosion by wind and associated dust generation cause major social and economic problems in many parts of the world. There is a high cost associated with on-site and off-site damages due to wind erosion. Wind erosion ... -
Insurance Loss Analysis of Single Family Dwellings Damaged in Hurricane Andrew
(Clemson University, 1995-05)In recent years hurricanes have caused billions of dollars of damage to houses, putting the insurance industry under severe strain. In order to set appropriate premium rates in future and to guide damage mitigation ...