CE 256 Part 2 (Wind Effects) - Session 2

Session 2 of this coursework covered still a little bit about Typhoon Engineering and Meteorology, Wind Speed Maps in the Philippines, and started on "Defining the Wind."



For the early part, the accompanying reading materials can be found in the same link as [this].

For the second part of the session, the following earlier mentioned primary textbook and additional references are the accompanying reading materials:

• Wind Effects on Structures: Fundamentals and Applications to Design by Emil Simiu and Robert H. Scanlan,
• Design of Buildings and Bridges for Wind: A Practical Guide for ASCE-7 Standard Users and Designers of Special Structures by Simiu and Miyata,
• Wind Loading of Structures by John D. Holmes,
• Minimum Design Loads for Buildings And Other Structures: SEI/ASCE 7-05 (ASCE Standard No. 7-05) (ASCE Standard),
• and of course, the National Structural Code of the Philippines, 5th ed., NSCP 2001, Volume 1 - Buildings, Towers, and Other Vertical Structures.