4th Edition

Wind Loading of Structures

By John D. Holmes, Seifu Bekele Copyright 2021
638 Pages 242 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

638 Pages 242 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

638 Pages 242 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Wind forces from extreme wind events are the dominant loading for many parts of the world, exacerbated by climate change and the continued construction of tall buildings and structures. This authoritative source, for practising and academic structural engineers and graduate students, ties the principles of wind loads on structures to the relevant aspects of meteorology, bluff-body aerodynamics,... Read more

1 The nature of windstorms and wind-induced damage

2 Prediction of design wind speeds and structural safety

3 Strong wind characteristics and turbulence

4 Basic bluff-body aerodynamics

5 Resonant dynamic response and effective static

load distributions

6 Internal pressures

7 Laboratory simulation of strong winds and wind loads

8 Low-rise buildings

9 Tall buildings

10 Large roofs and sports stadiums

11 Towers, chimneys and masts

12 Bridges

13 Transmission lines

14 Other structures

15 Wind-loading codes and standards

16 Application of computational fluid dynamics to wind

loading

Biography

Dr John Holmes has over forty years of experience in wind engineering and has authored over 500 journal and conference papers.

Dr Seifu Bekele has twenty-five years of experience in wind engineering and related fields. His extensive consulting practice specialises in computational techniques.