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Wind and Structures
  Volume 8, Number 4, July 2005 , pages 269-281
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/was.2005.8.4.269
 

Extreme wind prediction and zoning
J. D. Holmes,M. Kasperski,C. A. Miller, J. A. Zuranski and E. C. C. Choi

 
Abstract
    The paper describes the work of the IAWE Working Group WGF - Extreme Wind Prediction and Zoning, one of the international codification working groups set up in 2000. The topics covered are: the international database of extreme winds, quality assurance and data quality, averaging times, return periods, probability distributions and fitting methods, mixed wind climates, directionality effects, the influence of orography, rare events and simulation methods, long-term climate change, and zoning and mapping. Recommendations are given to promote the future alignment of international codes and standards for wind loading.
 
Key Words
    codes; extreme; probability; wind speeds.
 
Address
J. D. Holmes; JDH Consulting, Mentone, Victoria, AustraliarnM. Kasperski; Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, GermanyrnC. A. Miller; Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory, University of Western Ontario, CanadarnJ. A. Zuranski; Instytut Techniki Budowlanej, Warsaw, PolandrnE. C. C. Choi;School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
 
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