Wind Effects on Structures - 4th Edition by Emil Simiu & Donghun Yeo (Hardcover)

About the Book

"The typical process by which engineered buildings are designed for wind loads in current practice has serious shortcomings. This is due to the inadequate pressure measurement technology and computational resources at the time of its development, and to an ineffective framework for the cooperation between wind and structural engineers. As a result, independent estimates of wind forces on major tall buildings performed in the early 2000s by prominent wind engineering laboratories were found to differ from each other by over 40 %. This finding, and similar findings reported in the literature, prompted intense research efforts that, along with the development of the pressure scanner, led to major advances in the state of the art. However, these advances have not yet been integrated effectively into design practice"--

Book Synopsis

Provides structural engineers with the knowledge and practical tools needed to perform structural designs for wind that incorporate major technological, conceptual, analytical and computational advances achieved in the last two decades.

With clear explanations and documentation of the concepts, methods, algorithms, and software available for accounting for wind loads in structural design, it also describes the wind engineer's contributions in sufficient detail that they can be effectively scrutinized by the structural engineer in charge of the design.

Wind Effects on Structures: Modern Structural Design for Wind, 4^th Edition is organized in four sections. The first covers atmospheric flows, extreme wind speeds, and bluff body aerodynamics. The second examines the design of buildings, and includes chapters on aerodynamic loads; dynamic and effective wind-induced loads; wind effects with specified MRIs; low-rise buildings; tall buildings; and more. The third part is devoted to aeroelastic effects, and covers both fundamentals and applications. The last part considers other structures and special topics such as trussed frameworks; offshore structures; and tornado effects.

Offering readers the knowledge and practical tools needed to develop structural designs for wind loadings, this book:

• Points out significant limitations in the design of buildings based on such techniques as the high-frequency force balance
• Discusses powerful algorithms, tools, and software needed for the effective design for wind, and provides numerous examples of application
• Discusses techniques applicable to structures other than buildings, including stacks and suspended-span bridges
• Features several appendices on Elements of Probability and Statistics; Peaks-over-Threshold Poisson-Process Procedure for Estimating Peaks; estimates of the WTC Towers' Response to Wind and their shortcomings; and more

Wind Effects on Structures: Modern Structural Design for Wind, 4^th Edition is an excellent text for structural engineers, wind engineers, and structural engineering students and faculty.

From the Back Cover

Provides structural engineers with the knowledge and practical tools needed to perform structural designs for wind that incorporate major technological, conceptual, analytical and computational advances achieved in the last two decades

With clear explanations and documentation of the concepts, methods, algorithms, and software available for accounting for wind loads in structural design, it also describes the wind engineer's contributions in sufficient detail that they can be effectively scrutinized by the structural engineer in charge of the design.

Wind Effects on Structures: Modern Structural Design for Wind^, 4th Edition is organized in four sections. The first covers atmospheric flows, extreme wind speeds, and bluff body aerodynamics. The second examines the design of buildings, and includes chapters on aerodynamic loads; dynamic and effective wind-induced loads; wind effects with specified MRIs; low-rise buildings; tall buildings; and more. The third part is devoted to aeroelastic effects, and covers both fundamentals and applications. The last part considers other structures and special topics such as trussed frameworks; offshore structures; and tornado effects.

Offering readers the knowledge and practical tools needed to develop structural designs for wind loadings, this book:

• Points out significant limitations in the design of buildings based on techniques such as the high-frequency force balance
• Discusses powerful algorithms, tools, and software needed for the effective design for wind, and provides numerous examples of application
• Discusses techniques applicable to structures other than buildings, including stacks and suspended-span bridges
• Features several appendices on Elements of Probability and Statistics; Peaks-over-Threshold Poisson-Process Procedure for Estimating Peaks; estimates of the WTC Towers' Response to Wind and their shortcomings; and more

Wind Effects on Structures: Modern Structural Design for Wind^, 4th Edition is an excellent text for structural engineers, wind engineers, and structural engineering students and faculty.

Review Quotes

"This is an excellent book following the tradition of the previous three editions in 1978, 1986 and 1996. The 4th edition is quite expanded and includes the most recent development in the field of wind engineering, making the book an excellent choice for any university graduate course in this area. (...) The 496-page book is clearly written, includes plenty of examples and utilizes suitable software, so it becomes indispensable for all researchers and graduate students in the wind engineering field. Practicing engineers, architects and other building design professionals will find this book very interesting and useful."

Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics 212 (2021) 104635

"(The book) is a fundamental resource for both the experienced researcher and the practicing structural engineer."

Luca Caracoglia, F.ASCE, Journal of Structural Engineering, Volume 147, Issue 3 - March 2021, American Society of Civil Engineers

About the Author

Emil Simiu, PhD (Princeton Univ.) is a registered professional engineer in the states of New York and New Jersey, and a NIST Fellow in the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He served as senior structural engineer with Ammann and Whitney Inc., New York, and Severud & Assoc., New York; consultant with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the World Bank, and Zetlin-Argo, a forensic engineering firm; and distinguished research professor and professor of practice at Florida International University. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and served as Chair of the ASCE Committees on Wind Effects, Dynamic Effects, and the Reliability of Offshore Structures. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2006 Japan Association for Wind Engineering Prize for the outstanding wind engineering publication of the year, and the U.S. Federal Engineer of the Year award from the National Society of Professional Engineers.

DongHun Yeo, PhD (Univ. of Illinois) is a registered professional engineer in the state of Virginia, and a research structural engineer in the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He served as a structural engineer with Hyundai Construction and Engineering Company. He teaches Wind Engineering in the Engineering Professionals program, Johns Hopkins University, where he also taught Structural Dynamics. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the ASCE 7 Standard Subcommittee on Wind Loads, the ASCE 49 Standard Committee on Wind Tunnel Testing for Buildings and Other Structures, the ASCE Technical Subcommittee on Computer-Aided Wind Engineering, the ASCE Subcommittee on the Design of Non-Residential Structures Subject to Tornadoes, and the ASCE Committee on Fluid Dynamics.