Abstract: High winds at a maximum speed of 96 mph (43 m/s) hit the Columbia Regional Airport in Missouri on June 17, 1985, causing heavy damage to parked aircraft, hangars, building glass windows, automobiles, and so on. A post‐disaster ...

Abstract: An equation for predicting the incipient velocity of capsules given in a previous paper was analyzed for sources of errors and ways to improve. It is shown that substantially better predictions can be achieved by: (1) using ...

Abstract: The pressure distribution around a stationary cylindrical capsule in a pipe due to water passing over the capsule was measured. The result was used to determine the lift and drag on the capsule. It was found that an uplift ...

Abstract: The variation of pressure along a single cylindrical capsule resting on the bottom of a pipe is predicted by using the one‐dimensional energy equation, the momentum equation, and the continuity equation with proper ...

Abstract: When a cylindrical capsule moved by a liquid flowing in a pipe is stopped by the presence of an obstacle or protrusion on the pipe floor, the capsule may tilt in the pipe. This paper presents both an analysis and some ...

Abstract: The Bernoulli equation approach for predicting the variation of internal pressure induced by wind in a single‐room building with a single opening is extended to multi‐room buildings of any number of openings. Examples are ...

Abstract: An examination has been made of the methods of construction of masonry‐walled buildings, and their performance in severe windstorms. Particular emphasis was placed on low‐rise buildings using unreinforced concrete block ...