The designer's guide to wind loading of building structures
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Bibliographic Information
The designer's guide to wind loading of building structures
（Building Research Establishment report）
Building Research Establishment, Dept. of the Environment , Butterworths, 1985-
- v. 1
- v. 2
Available at 12 libraries
Note
Bibliography: v. 1, p. 359-364, v. 2, p. 561-586
Includes index
Contents of Works
- pt. 1. Background, damage survey, wind data, and structural classfication
- pt. 2. Static structures
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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v. 1 ISBN 9780408008709
Description
The first volume in a three-part set written to guide the designer of building structures through the complex process of assessing the response of a building to wind load.
- Volume
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v. 2 ISBN 9780408008716
Description
This guide has been developed to assist architects, building control officers and other professionals considering a fire safety engineering alternative to the precise requirements set out in the Approved Document to Part B of the Building Regulation.
Table of Contents
- About Part 2 - static structures
- assessment methods for static structures
- measurement of loading data for static structures
- review of codes of practice and other data sources
- a fully probabilistic approach to design
- line-like, lattice and plate-like structures
- bluff building structures
- internal pressure
- special considerations
- design loading coefficient data. Appendices: bibliography of modelling accuracy comparisons for static structures
- guidelines for ad-hoc model-scale tests
- a model code of practice for wind loads
- mean overall loading coefficients for cuboidal buildings
- a semi-empirical model for pressures on flat roofs.
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