Abstract: In recent years, significant interest has been shown in identifying the nonlinear mechanisms that induce ringing in complex offshore structural systems. This high-frequency transient-type response has been observed in ...

Abstract: Methods for stochastic simulation of sample functions have increasingly addressed the preservation of both spectral and probabilistic contents to offer an accurate description of the dynamic behavior of system input for ...

Abstract: The lack of a standard accepted method to estimate local peak pressure coefficients from wind tunnel data can lead to inconsistent definitions and interpretations, particularly because cost and time constraints associated ...

Abstract: Premature failure of wood roof sheathing under wind loading has primarily been blamed on poor nail installation resulting in reduced nail withdrawal strengths. However, this increased vulnerability could also result from ...

Abstract: Hurricane wind–induced damage to the roofs of residential buildings has raised concerns regarding design provisions and construction practices. Current code provisions on wind loads on roofs are mainly based on testing of ...

Abstract: Damage assessment surveys performed following the 2004 and 2008 hurricane seasons indicate that the vulnerability of shingle roofs to wind-induced damage increases with age. This paper presents two interrelated experiments ...

Abstract: This study aims to describe the regional performance of electric-power distribution systems against hurricane hazards with theories based on the uncertainty. The uniqueness of this study is that damage-assessment models ...

Abstract: A series of acoustic propagation experiments was conducted in the University of Florida Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel (UFBLWT) to investigate tornadic infrasound propagation in the turbulent atmosphere. A synthetic acoustic ...