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Extreme Wind Speeds
This chapter deals with the probabilistic estimation of extreme wind speeds. It provides simple, intuitive definitions of exceedance probabilities and mean recurrence intervals (MRIs), and extends those definitions to wind speeds in mixed wind climates (e.g., climates with both hurricane and non‐hurricane winds, or with large‐scale extratropical storm and thunderstorm winds). The chapter defines non‐directional and directional wind speed data in non‐hurricane and hurricane‐prone regions, and reviews main sources of such data for the conterminous United States. It describes and illustrates methods for estimating extreme wind speeds with specified MRIs. The chapter discusses tornado flow modeling based on atmospheric science considerations, laboratory testing, numerical methods, and observations of tornadoes. It summarizes simplified, conservative models of tornado structure that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research considers acceptable for the design of nuclear power plants.
Extreme Wind Speeds
This chapter deals with the probabilistic estimation of extreme wind speeds. It provides simple, intuitive definitions of exceedance probabilities and mean recurrence intervals (MRIs), and extends those definitions to wind speeds in mixed wind climates (e.g., climates with both hurricane and non‐hurricane winds, or with large‐scale extratropical storm and thunderstorm winds). The chapter defines non‐directional and directional wind speed data in non‐hurricane and hurricane‐prone regions, and reviews main sources of such data for the conterminous United States. It describes and illustrates methods for estimating extreme wind speeds with specified MRIs. The chapter discusses tornado flow modeling based on atmospheric science considerations, laboratory testing, numerical methods, and observations of tornadoes. It summarizes simplified, conservative models of tornado structure that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research considers acceptable for the design of nuclear power plants.
Extreme Wind Speeds
Simiu, Emil (author) / Yeo, DongHun (author)
Wind Effects on Structures ; 55-71
2019-02-19
17 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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