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200 00$aWind and the built environment$b[electronic resource] $eU.S. needs in wind engineering and hazard mitigation
210   $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academy Press$d1993
215   $a1 online resource (144 p.)
300   $a"Panel on the Assessment of Wind Engineering Issues in the United States, Committee on Natural Disasters, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council."
311   $a0-309-04449-9 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 114-128).
327   $a""WIND AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Acronym List""; ""Executive Summary""; ""RECOMMENDATION""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""WIND LOSSES: A PERSPECTIVE""; ""LOOKING AHEAD""; ""CREATING A NATIONAL WIND SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROGRAM""; ""1 Wind Hazards and Related Issues""; ""THE POWER OF WIND""; ""WIND ENGINEERING""; ""THE CRITICAL ROLE OF STRUCTURES""; ""WIND-INDUCED LOSSES: VICTIMS AND COSTS""; ""WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?""; ""THE CRITICAL ROLE OF DESIGN STANDARDS, CODES, CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND PLANNING REGULATIONS""
327   $a""STRATEGIES AND INCENTIVES""""2 The Nature of Wind""; ""A WIND PRIMER""; ""The Near-Surface Wind""; ""The Wind Climatology of the United States""; ""Thunderstorms""; ""Outflows""; ""Downbursts and Microbursts""; ""Tornadoes""; ""Extratropical Cyclones""; ""Tropical Cyclones""; ""IMPROVING THE WIND CLIMATOLOGY OF THE UNITED STATES""; ""EXPANDING THE WIND-ENGINEERING DATA BASE""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Measurements of Extreme Wind Speeds""; ""Extreme Wind Climatology""; ""3 Wind-Engineering Research Needs""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""RESEARCH METHODOLOGY""; ""Physical Modeling""
327   $a""Numerical Modeling""""Field Measurements""; ""Innovative Experimental Approaches""; ""Structural Safety and Reliability""; ""Damage Investigations""; ""SEVERE WIND FORCES""; ""Low Buildings""; ""Flexible Structures""; ""Damping and Structure Control""; ""Bridges""; ""Motion Perception""; ""Offshore Winds and Their Effects""; ""Fatigue Problems""; ""CODES AND STANDARDS""; ""RETROFIT REROOFING""; ""ADDITIONAL RESEARCH TOPICS""; ""Wind Flow in the Urban Environment""; ""Pollutant Dispersion""; ""Ventilation""; ""Wind Energy""; ""Soil Erosion""; ""Modeling of Iceberg Movement and Oil Spills""
327   $a""RECOMMENDATIONS""""4 Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery""; ""MITIGATION MEASURES""; ""Codes and Code Enforcement""; ""Land Use Management""; ""EMERGENCY PLANNING AND RESPONSE FOR DISASTERS""; ""Structure of U.S. Emergency Planning and Disaster Management""; ""The Extensiveness of Local Community Emergency Preparedness""; ""Significant Improvement""; ""Some Continuing Weaknesses in Community Preparedness Planning""; ""Specific Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning for Wind Hazards""; ""Pre-Impact Activities""; ""Postimpact Response Activities""
327   $a""PLANNING FOR RECOVERY AND FUTURE MITIGATION""""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""General Issues Regarding Future Research""; ""Specific Research Needs""; ""5 Education and Technology Transfer""; ""EDUCATION AND TRAINING""; ""TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER""; ""POTENTIAL IMPACT OF COMPUTERS""; ""Knowledge-Based Expert Systems""; ""Extreme Winds: Analysis and Prediction""; ""Wind-Loading Assistant""; ""Risk and Damage Assessment""; ""Design""; ""Monitoring and Control""; ""Urban Planning""; ""Decision Making for Hurricane Response""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""6 Cooperative Efforts""; ""INTRODUCTION""
327   $a""INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA COOPERATION""
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712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bPanel on the Assessment of Wind Engineering Issues in the United States.
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