- Author
- Marshall, R. D. | Raufaste, N. J., Jr. | Kliment, S. A.
- Title
- Building to Resist the Effect of Wind. Volume 1. Overview.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC Kliment (Stephen A.), New York, NY
- Sponsor
- Department of State, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBS BSS 100-1, May 1977,
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161. Telephone: 1-800-553-6847 or 703-605-6000; Fax: 703-605-6900. Website: http://www.ntis.gov
- Keywords
- residential buildings; wind pressure; design criteria; disasters; construction materials; construction management; socioeconomic status; technology transfer; Bangladesh; Philippines; Jamaica; developing countries | wind tunnels | forecasting
- Identifiers
- low rise buildings; wind resistant structures
- Abstract
- This document presents the background, goals, procedures and results of a project to develop improved design criteria that would make low-rise buildings in developing countries better able to withstand the effects of extreme winds. The project stemmed from the belief that additional research on wind was needed to reduce loss of life and property, human suffering, disruption of productive capacity and costs of disaster relief. The 3 1/2 year project began in early 1973 and produced these results: the development of improved design criteria; a methodology for the estimation of extreme wind speeds; the development of wind tunnel modeling techniques; a heightened awareness of the wind problem and the need to guard against it; the emergence of useful working relationships between NBS/AID and public and private decision makers in developing countries subject to extreme winds, especially the Philippines, Jamaica and Bangladesh; and the documentation of important information in the areas of wind design speeds and pressure coefficients, economic forecasting, socio-economic and architectural concerns, and construction detailing practices. Also during the project, a program began in the training of professionals and technicians in developing countries to carry out wind measurements and analyses. In addition, methods to ensure transfer of information to user groups were employed.