Abstract: This paper presents a summary of updates made to the hurricane simulation model that has formed the basis of the hurricane wind speeds given in ASCE 7 for the period 1998 through 2010. Since the development of the model ...

Abstract: This paper presents an overview of the approach employed in the development of the wind speed maps for use in ASCE 7-10. The reason for a reduction in the wind speeds in the new standard as compared to those given in the ...