Design of low-rise buildings for extreme wind events

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-26-2007

Abstract

Damages from hurricanes and various windstorm events represent a loss of several billions of dollars in the United States. A loss of $30 billion was attributed to Hurricane Andrew alone in Florida in 1993. In 2004 and 2005, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and other locations in the southeast United States and the Caribbean saw an unprecedented wave of major hurricanes causing great destruction and property damage. This paper discusses the topic of home design for high winds and hurricanes, and sums up a recently completed practical research on this subject. © 2007 ASCE.

Identifier

33847134785 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Journal of Architectural Engineering

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0431(2007)13:1(54)

ISSN

10760431

First Page

54

Last Page

62

Issue

1

Volume

13

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