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Wind Hazard Risk Assessment and Management for Structures

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List of Figures<br />

2.1 Flowchart illustrating the tropical cyclone wind time series model <strong>and</strong> the<br />

difference between point-in-time <strong>and</strong> time-stepping methods. . . . . . . . . 15<br />

2.2 Overview of the tropical cyclone wind time series model. . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />

2.3 Sample simulated wind speed time series <strong>and</strong> wind angle time series. . . . . 21<br />

2.4 <strong>Wind</strong> speed <strong>and</strong> wind angle time records during Hurricane Katrina <strong>and</strong> Wilma. 23<br />

2.5 Four selected pressure coefficients with respect to wind angle. . . . . . . . . 27<br />

2.6 Cumulative distributions of the maximum wind load <strong>and</strong> the approximated<br />

maximum wind load generated from the simulated wind time series <strong>for</strong> cat-<br />

egory 5 tropical cyclones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />

2.7 Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistics comparing the maximum wind load <strong>and</strong> the<br />

approximated maximum wind load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />

2.8 Percentage differences between the probabilities of failure <strong>and</strong> the approxi-<br />

mated probabilities of failure <strong>for</strong> normally distributed resistances. . . . . . . 35<br />

2.9 Percentage differences between the probabilities of failure <strong>and</strong> the approxi-<br />

mated probabilities of failure <strong>for</strong> lognormally distributed resistances. . . . . 36<br />

3.1 Unfolded view of baseline structures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42<br />

3.2 Component <strong>and</strong> cladding external pressure zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46<br />

3.3 Flowchart of system damage simulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53<br />

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