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Author
Kikitsu, H. | Okada, H. | Okuda, Y.
Title
Comparison of Peak Pressure Coefficients for Wind Load Among International Codes and Standards.
Coporate
Building Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan
Book or Conf
Strategies for Performance in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center. CIB-CTBUH Conference on Tall Buildings. Proceedings. Task Group on Tall Buildings: CIB TG50. CIB Publication No. 290. October 20-23, 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Shafii, F.; Bukowski, R.; Klemencic, R., Editors, 523-530 p., 2003
Keywords
World Trade Center | high rise buildings | wind effects | codes | standards | pressure | wind load | wind velocity | cladding | roofs | wind direction
Identifiers
World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; peak pressure coefficient; Equivalent Static Wind Loads (ESWL); air density; topographic conditions; reference height of building; adjusted wind pressure; windward wall; leeward and side wall