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Apr 26, 2012
Full-Scale Destructive Testing of Houses to Hurricane-Force Wind and Rain
Authors: Stephen Leatherman [email protected], Carolyn Robertson [email protected], Arindam Gan Chowdhury [email protected], Emil Simiu [email protected], Girma Bitsuamlak [email protected], and Peng Huang [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008
Abstract
The International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC) has developed a new research approach to better understand hurricane-induced effects on residential and low-rise commercial buildings through full-scale, destructive testing, much the same way that the automobile industry tackled the crash worthiness issue and the earthquake community approached building safety. Through full-scale destructive testing, performance-based evaluation, and failure-mode analysis, innovative mitigation techniques and products will be developed.
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Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008
Pages: 818 - 824
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© 2008 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Building design
- Buildings
- Business management
- Climates
- Commercial buildings
- Design (by type)
- Disaster risk management
- Disasters and hazards
- Engineering fundamentals
- Environmental engineering
- Facilities (by type)
- Field tests
- Full-scale tests
- Hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones
- Meteorology
- Natural disasters
- Practice and Profession
- Precipitation
- Rainfall
- Research and development
- Residential buildings
- Structural engineering
- Structures (by type)
- Tests (by type)
- Wind engineering
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International Hurricane Research Center, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, MARC 360, Miami, FL, 33199. E-mail: [email protected]
International Hurricane Research Center, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, MARC 360, Miami, FL, 33199. E-mail: [email protected]
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida International University, 10555 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL. E-mail: [email protected]
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida International University, 10555 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL. E-mail: [email protected]
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida International University, 10555 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL. E-mail: [email protected]
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida International University, 10555 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL. E-mail: [email protected]
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