Simiu Design of Buildings for Wind

A Guide for ASCE 7-10 Standard Users and Designers of Special Structures
2. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-07735-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, E-Book

ASCE 7 is the US standard for identifying minimum design loads forbuildings and other structures. ASCE 7 covers many loadtypes, of which wind is one. The purpose ofthis book is to provide structural and architectural engineerswith the practical state-of-the-art knowledge and tools needed fordesigning and retrofitting buildings for wind loads. The book willalso cover wind-induced loss estimation. This newedition include a guide to the thoroughly revised, 2010version of the ASCE 7 Standard provisions for wind loads;incorporate major advances achieved in recent years in the designof tall buildings for wind; present material on retrofitting andloss estimation; and improve the presentation of the material toincrease its usefulness to structural engineers.

Key features:

* New focus on tall buildings helps make the analysis and designguidance easier and less complex.

* Covers the new simplified design methods of ASCE 7-10, guidingdesigners to clearly understand the spirit and letter of theprovisions and use the design methods with confidence andease.

* Includes new coverage of retrofitting for wind load resistanceand loss estimation from hurricane winds.

* Thoroughly revised and updated to conform with current practiceand research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Simiu, Emil

Über Autor(innen)

Emil Simiu, PE, PhD, is a NIST Fellow and a Fellow at the American Society of Civil Engineers. He served as chairman of its Committee on Wind Effects, Committee on Dynamic Effects, and Committee on the Reliability of Offshore Structures; as senior structural engineer with Severud Associates and Ammann & Whitney, Inc.; and as distinguished research professor at Florida International University's International Hurricane Research Center. Also a distinguished member of the ASCE Standard Committee on Loads, he was a recipient of the Federal Engineer of the Year award from the National Society of Professional Engineers, and of the 2006 Japan Association for Wind Engineering Prize, given to the outstanding wind engineering publication of the year, for the first edition of Design of Buildings and Bridges for Wind. In addition, Dr. Simiu is the coauthor of Wind Effects on Structures, Third Edition (Wiley).