Review of the need for a large-scale test facility for research on the effects of extreme winds on structures / Committee to Review the Need for a Large-scale Test Facility for Research on the Effects of Extreme Winds on Structures, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review the Need for a Large-scale Test Facility for Research on the Effects of Extreme Winds on Structures.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wind-pressure--Research--United States.

Wind-pressure.

Buildings--Aerodynamics--Research--United States.

Buildings.

Structural dynamics--Research--United States.

Structural dynamics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (48 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has proposed that a large-scale wind test facility (LSWTF) be constructed to study, in full-scale, the behavior of low-rise structures under simulated extreme wind conditions. To determine the need for, and potential benefits of, such a facility, the Idaho Operations Office of the DOE requested that the National Research Council (NRC) perform an independent assessment of the role and potential value of an LSWTF in the overall context of wind engineering research. The NRC established the Committee to Review the Need for a Large-scale Test Facility for Research on the Effects of Extreme Winds on Structures, under the auspices of the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, to perform this assessment. This report conveys the results of the committee's deliberations as well as its findings and recommendations.

Contents:

Review of the Need for a Large-scale Test Facility for Research on the Effects of Extreme Winds on S...

Copyright

Acknowledgements

Contents

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

SCOPE OF THE STUDY

ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY

ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT

2 Technical Aspects of a Large-scale Wind Test Facility

INTRODUCTION

PREVIOUS ASSESSMENTS

WIND-HAZARD RESEARCH

VALUE OF LARGE-SCALE TESTING

ROLE OF A LARGE-SCALE WIND TEST FACILITY IN WIND ENGINEERING RESEARCH

PRIORITY OF A LARGE-SCALE WIND TEST FACILITY

3 Economic Considerations

4 Findings and Recommendations

FINDINGS

RECOMMENDATIONS

References

Appendixes

A Biographies of Committee Members

B Questionnaire, Respondents, and Synthesis of Responses

Questionnaire

Respondents

Synthesis of Responses

Acronyms.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliography (p. 22-23).

ISBN:

9786610185955

9780309184649

0309184649

9781280185953

1280185953

9780309593229

0309593220

9780585057767

0585057761

OCLC:

44957832