Wind Loading of Structures

Wind Loading of Structures
Author: John D. Holmes
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2001-06-14
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780419246107

Bridging the gap between wind and structural engineering, Wind Loading of Structures is essential reading for practising civil, structural and mechanical engineers, and graduate students of wind engineering, presenting the principles of wind engineering and providing guidance on the successful design of structures for wind loading by gales, hurricanes, typhoons, thunderstorm downdrafts and tornados.

Extreme Wind Speeds, Gustiness, and Variations with Height for MIL-STD 210B

Extreme Wind Speeds, Gustiness, and Variations with Height for MIL-STD 210B
Author: Norman Sissenwine
Publisher:
Total Pages: 76
Release: 1973
Genre: Climatology
ISBN:

MIL-STD-210A, 'Climatic Extremes for Military Equipment', is being revised. The revision will include two sets of windspeed design goals for military equipment being developed for worldwide usage over land: (1) the speed up to which 'operations' are expected to proceed, (2) the speed that equipment should 'withstand' without irreversible damage. A study of gustiness and variations of wind with height during strong wind regimes is presented. Nomograms of gust factor versus gust duration and steady windspeed are used to assign the most dynamically effective gust according to equipment dimensions. Based on a power-law relationship, factors for adjusting windspeed to a common height to describe windspeed and gusts over the vertical extent of military equipment usage are presented. Also included is a tabulation of wind statistics for selected stations considered in the search for worldwide wind extremes.

Reference Data for Engineers

Reference Data for Engineers
Author: Mac E. Van Valkenburg
Publisher: Newnes
Total Pages: 1696
Release: 2001-09-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780750672917

This standard handbook for engineers covers the fundamentals, theory and applications of radio, electronics, computers, and communications equipment. It provides information on essential, need-to-know topics without heavy emphasis on complicated mathematics. It is a "must-have" for every engineer who requires electrical, electronics, and communications data. Featured in this updated version is coverage on intellectual property and patents, probability and design, antennas, power electronics, rectifiers, power supplies, and properties of materials. Useful information on units, constants and conversion factors, active filter design, antennas, integrated circuits, surface acoustic wave design, and digital signal processing is also included. This work also offers new knowledge in the fields of satellite technology, space communication, microwave science, telecommunication, global positioning systems, frequency data, and radar.

Natural Ventilation for Infection Control in Health-care Settings

Natural Ventilation for Infection Control in Health-care Settings
Author: Y. Chartier
Publisher: World Health Organization
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2009
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9241547855

This guideline defines ventilation and then natural ventilation. It explores the design requirements for natural ventilation in the context of infection control, describing the basic principles of design, construction, operation and maintenance for an effective natural ventilation system to control infection in health-care settings.

Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures

Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures
Author: American Society of Civil Engineers
Publisher: ASCE Press
Total Pages: 1046
Release: 2022-02
Genre: Buildings
ISBN: 9780784415788

Standard ASCE/SEI 7-22 provides requirements for general structural design and includes means for determining various loads and their combinations, which are suitable for inclusion in building codes and other documents.