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Wind Hazard Risk Assessment and Management for Structures

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Contents<br />

Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii<br />

Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv<br />

Chapter 1:<br />

Introduction 1<br />

1.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />

1.2 Review on <strong>Wind</strong>-Related Vulnerability Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2<br />

1.2.1 Full-Scale Extreme-<strong>Wind</strong> Loss Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2<br />

1.2.2 Qualitative Vulnerability Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />

1.2.3 Quantitative Vulnerability Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />

1.2.4 Recent Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />

1.3 Objectives <strong>and</strong> Scope of Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />

1.4 Organization of Dissertation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />

Chapter 2:<br />

Structural Components <strong>and</strong> <strong>Wind</strong> Directionality 13<br />

2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />

2.2 Tropical-Cyclone <strong>Wind</strong> Time Series Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />

2.2.1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />

2.2.2 Tropical Cyclone Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />

2.2.3 Tropical Cyclone Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />

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