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Advances in hurricane engineering : learning from our past

By Editor , Christopher P. Jones , Lawrence G. Griffis

Book information

Publisher
American Society of Civil Engineers
Year
2013
ISBN
978-0-7844-1262-6, 0784412626, 9780784477717, 078447771X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
46 MB (48272206 bytes)
Edition
Cdr
Pages
1228\1242
Time added
2016-04-05 23:00:00

Description

This collection contains 106 papers presented at the ATC & SEI Conference on Advances in Hurricane Engineering, held in Miami, Florida, October 24-26, 2012. When Hurricane Andrew wreaked havoc on South Florida and Louisiana 20 years ago, the engineering community learned a great deal about how powerful storms affect the built environment. These papers demonstrate the application of lessons learned to reduce losses from subsequent hurricanes and to make communities more resilient to natural hazards. Topics include: building codes; building envelope; building envelope and large structures; building roofs; flooding; infrastructure; large structures; meteorology; risk modeling; and wind loading. Structural engineers, architects, building code officials, and risk managers will gain important insights into the prevention and mitigation of damage from hurricanes and other powerful storms

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