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Jan 1951
Wind-Load Standards in Europe
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Volume 116, Issue 1
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As a result of a continued drive toward greater economy in structural design, wind-load standards have been more and more refined so that they agree almost exactly with actually occurring conditions. The task of the engineer is to proportion his design to fit the stipulated purpose of the structure with the utmost degree of economy while retaining the required factor of safety . The factor of safety covers a certain number of unknown quantities and it has been the constant endeavor of engineers to acquire a better understanding of these unknowns. Thus, on the one hand, analysis of the structure will have to yield stresses agreeing as closely as possible with those actually occurring ·whereas, on the other hand, the loads should be the expected ones with the least degree of exaggeration. It is imperative, therefore, that the designer have the best possible knowledge of loading conditions-the least information being available about wind loads. The fund amental dynamic character of wind lo ads must be translated into static equivalents to give simple data for the use of the designing engineer.
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Published in print: Jan 1951
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John W. T. Van Erp
Structural Engr., George A. Fuller Co ., New York, N, Y.
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