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Discussion of Design Gust Wind Speeds in the United States by Jon A. Peterka and Sobhan Shahid, Journal of Structural Engineering Vol. 124, No. 2, February 1998, pp. 207-214

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Author(s)

Emil Simiu, James J. Filliben

Abstract

The discussion presents a critique of estimates of 50-year gust speeds proposed in the paper.
Citation
Journal of Structural Engineering-Asce
Volume
125
Issue
No. 9

Keywords

Building Technology, climatology, extreme values, statistics, structural engineering, wind engineering

Citation

Simiu, E. and Filliben, J. (1999), Discussion of Design Gust Wind Speeds in the United States by Jon A. Peterka and Sobhan Shahid, Journal of Structural Engineering Vol. 124, No. 2, February 1998, pp. 207-214, Journal of Structural Engineering-Asce (Accessed April 19, 2024)
Created September 1, 1999, Updated February 19, 2017