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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
Published
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
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
Building Technology, climatology, extreme values, statistics, structural engineering, wind engineering
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
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