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May 1960
Rationale for Determining Design Wind Velocities
Publication: Journal of the Structural Division
Volume 86, Issue 5
Abstract
Use of term extreme wind velocity averaged over a mile a minute as basic design wind velocity; systematic relationship between ground roughness and wind velocities near ground and its rate of increase with height; estimates of ratio of surface velocity to gradient velocity; extreme-value data for British Isles.
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Journal of the Structural Division
Volume 86 • Issue 5 • May 1960
Pages: 39 - 68
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© 1960 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: May 1960
Published online: Feb 1, 2021
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A. G. Davenport
University of Bristol, England, formerly with the Div. of Bldg. Research, Natl. Research Council, Ottawa, Canada
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