Abstract: A procedure for estimating damage to window glass under fluctuating wind load conditions is illustrated. Applications of the procedure to damage estimation for panels of integer aspect ratio in the range 1 < ar < 4 are ...

Abstract: In recent years, the treatment of wind loads through the application of reliability principles has increased. In many design situations, including glass cladding design, the parameters for describing the effects of wind ...

Abstract: A procedure for investigating glass cladding behavior under arbitrary loads, including fluctuating wind loads, is presented. The procedure accounts for the fact that internal stresses are nonlinear functions of the external ...

Abstract: An alternative approach for estimating the strength degradation, and ultimately, the failure of glass cladding subjected to fluctuating loadings is proposed. This procedure is formulated using fracture mechanics concepts ...

Abstract: This paper considers full‐scale wind velocity and wind pressure time series data collected on two cooling towers. ARIMA time series models are shown to describe these data adequately. The advantage of using these models ...

Abstract: Recent events such as Hurricanes Andrew and Iniki have shown that wind-related disasters occur in the United States with consequences much more far-reaching and severe than expected. During this International Decade for ...