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Introduction of Wave Set-up Effects and Mass Flux to the Sea, Lake, and Overland Surges from Hurricanes (SLOSH) Model

May 12, 2010

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Long T. Phan, Donald Slinn, Shaun Kline

Hurricanes wreak havoc on the lives and infrastructure of coastal communities. Storm surge, a local rise in sea level elevations, is perhaps the most devastating element of these tropical cyclones. Storm surge depends on the tidal stage, barometric

High-Rise Database-Assisted Design 1.1 (HR_DAD_1.1): Concepts, Software, and Examples

February 2, 2009

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Seymour M. Spence

This report documents the changes that have been made to the previous structure of the HR_DAD software, thereby developing the program HR_DAD_1.1 capable of calculating efficiently the response of large scale real world tall buildings made up of many

Assessment of ASCE 7 Standard Wind Load Factors for Tall Building Response Estimates

May 1, 2008

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Rene D. Gabbai, William P. Fritz, Amelia P. Wright, Emil Simiu

Wind load factors incorporated in the ASCE 7 Standard are based on rough approximations of wind effects and the uncertainties inherent in them. These factors are routinely applied to tall building design, even though the original calculations on which they

Performance of Physical Structures in Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita: A Reconnaissance Report (NIST TN 1476)

June 30, 2006

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Stephen A. Cauffman, Long T. Phan, Fahim Sadek, William P. Fritz, Dat Duthinh, Walter J. Rossiter Jr

This is the final report on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) led-reconnaissance to assess the performance of physical structures during Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. The report describes the environmental conditions (wind

Fujita Tornado Intensity Scale: A Critique Based on Observations of the Jarrell Tornado of May 27, 1997 (NIST TN 1426)

July 1, 1998

Author(s)

Long T. Phan, Emil Simiu

On May 27, 1997, several tornadoes hit the Central Texas area in the counties of McLennan, Bell, Williamson, and Travis. The most destructive of these tornadoes swept through a housing area on the outskirts of Jarrell, Texas. Jarrell is a Central Texas

ASSESSMENT OF A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING PEAKS OF STATIONARY RANDOM PROCESSES BY USING EXTREME VALUE TYPE I DISTRIBUTIONS

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Dat Duthinh, Dong Hun Yeo, Emil Simiu

The purpose of this note is to assess a method based on the Extreme Value Type I distribution currently employed in wind engineering practice to estimate stationary time series peaks. The note considers the interesting case of time series with Gaussian