LEADER 03933nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910465624703321 005 20210520010106.0 010 $a1-4008-4470-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400844708 035 $a(CKB)2560000000102737 035 $a(EBL)1047787 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1047787 035 $a(OCoLC)848902284 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37095 035 $a(DE-B1597)448025 035 $a(OCoLC)979578977 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400844708 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1047787 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10720658 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL497792 035 $a(OCoLC)851185171 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000102737 100 $a20120523d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWind wizard$b[electronic resource] $eAlan G. Davenport and the art of wind engineering /$fSiobhan Roberts 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, NJ $cPrinceton University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-691-15153-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tI. Sowing Wind Science --$tII. Tall and Taller Towers --$tIII. Long and Longer Bridges --$tIV. Project Storm Shelter --$tAcknowledgments --$tNotes --$tInterview Sources --$tGlossary --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aWith Wind Wizard, Siobhan Roberts brings us the story of Alan Davenport (1932-2009), the father of modern wind engineering, who investigated how wind navigates the obstacle course of the earth's natural and built environments--and how, when not properly heeded, wind causes buildings and bridges to teeter unduly, sway with abandon, and even collapse. In 1964, Davenport received a confidential telephone call from two engineers requesting tests on a pair of towers that promised to be the tallest in the world. His resulting wind studies on New York's World Trade Center advanced the art and science of wind engineering with one pioneering innovation after another. Establishing the first dedicated "boundary layer" wind tunnel laboratory for civil engineering structures, Davenport enabled the study of the atmospheric region from the earth's surface to three thousand feet, where the air churns with turbulent eddies, the average wind speed increasing with height. The boundary layer wind tunnel mimics these windy marbled striations in order to test models of buildings and bridges that inevitably face the wind when built. Over the years, Davenport's revolutionary lab investigated and improved the wind-worthiness of the world's greatest structures, including the Sears Tower, the John Hancock Tower, Shanghai's World Financial Center, the CN Tower, the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, the Sunshine Skyway, and the proposed crossing for the Strait of Messina, linking Sicily with mainland Italy. Chronicling Davenport's innovations by analyzing select projects, this popular-science book gives an illuminating behind-the-scenes view into the practice of wind engineering, and insight into Davenport's steadfast belief that there is neither a structure too tall nor too long, as long as it is supported by sound wind science. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions. 606 $aWind-pressure 606 $aBuildings$xAerodynamics 606 $aBridges$xAerodynamics 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWind-pressure. 615 0$aBuildings$xAerodynamics. 615 0$aBridges$xAerodynamics. 676 $a624.1/75 700 $aRoberts$b Siobhan$01034903 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465624703321 996 $aWind wizard$92454308 997 $aUNINA