Design of Buildings for Wind: A Guide for Asce 7-10 Standard Users and Designers of Special Structures, 2nd Edition

ASCE 7 is the US standard for identifying minimum design loads for buildings and other structures.  ASCE 7 covers many load types, of which wind is one.  The purpose of this book is to provide structural and architectural engineers with the practical state-of-the-art knowledge and tools needed for designing and retrofitting buildings for wind loads. The book will also cover wind-induced loss estimation. This new edition include a guide to the thoroughly revised, 2010 version of the ASCE 7 Standard provisions for wind loads; incorporate major advances achieved in recent years in the design of tall buildings for wind; present material on retrofitting and loss estimation; and improve the presentation of the material to increase its usefulness to structural engineers.

Preface

Part I : Introduction
Chapter 1 : Overview

Part II : Guide To The Asce 7-10 Standard Provisions on Wind Loads
Chapter 2 : ASCE 7-10 Wind Loading Provisions
Chapter 3 : Regular And Simplified Approach : Risk Category, Basic Wind Speed , Enclosure, Exposure, Topographic
Factor
Chapter 4 : Regular Approach : Steps Common to All Building/Other Structures (MWFRS And C&c)
Chapter 5 : Regular Approach : Buildings, Parapets, Overhangs ("Directional" Procedure),MWFRS
Chapter 6 : Regular Approach: Low-Rise Buildings, Parapets, Overhangs ("Envelope" procdure), MWFRS
Chapter 7 : Regular Approach : Structures Other Than Buildings, MWFRS
Chapter 8 : Simplified Approch : Enclosed Simple Diaphragm Buildings, Parapets, Overhangs (MWFRS)
Chapter 9 : Regular And Simplified Approaches : C&C

Part III : Wind Engineerng Fundamentals
Chapter 10 : Atmospheric Circulations
Chapter 11 : The Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Chapter 12 : Extreme Wind Speeds and Wind- Induced Effects
Chapter 13 : Bluff Body Aerodynamics Basics; Aerodynamic Testing
Chapter 14 : Structural Dynamics
Chapter 15 : Aeroelasticity
Chapter 16 : Stuctural Reliability Under Wind Loading
Chapter 17 : Loss Estimation

Part IV : Wind Effects On Buildings
Chapter 18 : Rigid Buildings
Chapter 19 : Tall Buildings

Part V : Appendices

Appendix A1 : Random Processes
Appendix A2 : Mean Wind Profiles And Atmospheric Boundary Layer Depth
Appendix A3 : Spectra of Turbulent Velocity Fluctuations, Kolmogorov Hypotheses
Appendix A4 : Wind Directionality Effects, Outcrossing And Sector- By- Sector Approaches
Appendix A5 : Report on Estimation Of Wind Effects On The World Trade Center Towers

Refrences
Index