Literature

WIND ENGINEERING

 

 

Aynsley, R.M.; Melbourne, W.; Vickery, B.J.

Architectural Aerodynamics

Applied Science Publishers LTD, London, 1977

ISBN 0 85334 698 4

 

 

Cermak, J.E.; Davenport, A.G.; Plate, E.J. and Viegas, D.X.

Wind Climate in Cities

NATO ASI Series E: Applied Sciences – Vol. 277, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995

ISBN 0 7923 3202 4

 

 

Cook, N.J.

The designer’s guide to wind loading of building structures – Part 1: Background, damage survey, wind data and structural classification

Building Research Establishement BRE, Butterworths, London 1985

ISBN 0-408-00870-9

 

 

Cook, N.J.

The designer’s guide to wind loading of building structures – Part 2: Static structures

Building Research Establishement BRE, Butterworths, London 1990

ISBN 0-408-00871-7

 

 

Dyrbye, C.; Hansen, S.O.

Wind Loads on Structures

John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 200pp, November 1996

 

 

Kolousek, V.; Pirner, M.; Fischer, O.; Naprstek, J.

Wind Effects on Civil Engineering Structures – Studies in Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Elsevier, Amsterdam/Oxford/New York/Tokyo 1984

ISBN 0-444-99636-X

 

 

Krishna, P. (Editor) et al.

A State of the Art in Wind Engineering

Ninth International Conference on Wind Engineering 1995

Wiley Eastern Limited, New Delhi 1994

ISBN 81-224-0718-8

 

 

Larsen, A. (Editor)

Aerodynamics of Large Bridges

Proc. of 1st International Symposium on Aerodynamics of Large Bridges, Copenhagen, 1992

A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield, 1992

ISBN 90-5410-042-7

 

 

Larsen, A.; Esdahl, S. (Editors)

Bridge Aerodynamics

A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield, 1998

ISBN 90-5410-961-0

 

 

Liu, Henry

Wind Engineering – A Handbook for Structural Engineers

Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1991

ISBN 0-13-960279-8

 

 

Sachs, P.

Wind Forces in Engineering – Second Edition

Pergamon Press Oxford/New York/Toronto/Sydney/Paris/Frankfurt 1978

ISBN 0-08-021299-9

 

 

Simiu, E.; Scanlan, R.H.

Wind Effects on Structures – An introduction to wind engineering

John Wiley & Sons, New York/Chichester/Brisbane/Toronto 1978

ISBN 0-471-02175-X

 

 

FLUID MECHANICS

TOP OF PAGE Blevins, R.D.

Flow-Induced Vibration – Second Edition

Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida, 1990

ISBN 0 89464 823 3

 

 

Bradshaw, P.; Cebeci, T.; Whitelaw, J.H.

Engineering Calculation Methods for Turbulent Flow

Academic Press, London, New York, Toronto, Sydney, San Francisco, 1981

ISBN 0-12-124550-0

 

 

Currie, I.G.

Fundamental Mechanic of Fluids

McGraw-Hill International Editions 1993

ISBN 0 07 113242 2

 

 

Fox, R.W.; McDonald, A.T., Pritchard, P.J.

Introduction to Fluid Mechanics – Sixth Edition

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004

ISBN 0 471 20231 2

 

 

Hinze, J.O.

Turbulence – An Introduction to Its Mechanism and Theory

McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York – Toronto – London, 1959

 

 

Hoerner S.F.

Fluid-Dynamic Drag: theoretical, experimental and statistical information

Hoerner Fluid Dynamic, Bakersfield CA, USA, 1957

 

 

Hoerner S.F.; Borst, H.V.

Fluid-Dynamic Lift: information on lift and its derivatives, in air and in water

Hoerner Fluid Dynamic, Bakersfield CA, USA, 1985

 

 

Idelchik, I.E.

Handbook of Hydraulik Resistance

3rd Edition, Begell House Inc., 1996

ISBN 1-56700-074-6

 

 

Naudascher, E.; Rockwell, D.

Flow-Induced Vibrations – An Engineering Guide

A.A. Balkema Rotterdam/Brookfield 1994

ISBN 90-5410-131-8

 

 

Ower, E.

The Measurement of Air Flow

Chapman & Hall LTD., London, 1949

 

 

Tennekes H.; Lumley, J.L.

A First Course in Turbulence

The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, 1972

ISBN 0 262 20019 8

 

 

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD)

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STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS

TOP OF PAGE Clough, R.W.; Penzien, J.

Dynamics of Structures – Second Edition

McGraw-Hill International Editions 1993

ISBN 0 07 113241 4

 

 

METEOROLOGY

TOP OF PAGE Plate, E. (Editor)

Engineering Meteorology – Fundamental of Meteorology and Their Application to Problems in Environmental and Civil Engineering

Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam – Oxford – New York, 1982

ISBN 0 444 41972 1

 

 

Stull, B.S.

Boundary Layer Meteorology – An Intruduction

Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991

ISBN 90-277-2768-6

ISBN 90-277-2769-4 (pbk.)

 

 

WIND TUNNEL TECHNIQUES

TOP OF PAGE Gorlin, S.M., Slezinger, I.I.

Wind Tunnels and their Instrumentation

(original Russian title: Aeromekhanicheskie izmerenia. Metody i pribory, 1964)

Israel Program for Scientific Translation Ltd., 1966

 

 

Pankhurst, R.C, Holder, D.W.

Wind-Tunnel Techniques

An account of experimental methods in low- and high-speed wind tunnels

Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., London, 1952

 

 

Pope, Alan

Wind-Tunnel Testing

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1954

 

 

PROBABILISTIC TOP OF PAGE

 

 

CODES & STANDARDS

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British Standard

LOADING FOR BUILDINGS – PART 2: CODE OF PRACTICE FOR WIND LOADS

BS 6399-2: 1997

ISBN 0 580 27447 0

www.bsi-global.com

DATA BASES

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ESDU Wind Engineering Volume 1a

WIND SPEEDS AND TURBULENCE – MEAN HOURLY AND GUST SPEEDS, EXTREME SPEEDS, TURBULENCE CHARACTERISTICS.

The volume covers the following individual items:

 

 

ESDU 82026: Strong winds in the atmospheric boundary layer. Part 1: hourly mean wind speeds.

ESDU 83045: Strong winds in the atmospheric boundary layer. Part 2: discrete gust speeds.

ESDU 74030: Characteristics of atmospheric turbulence near the ground. Part I: definitions and general information.

ESDU 85020: Characteristics of atmospheric turbulence near the ground. Part II: single point data for strong winds (neutral atmosphere).

ESDU 86010: Characteristics of atmospheric turbulence near the ground. Part III: variations in space and time for strong winds (neutral atmosphere).

ESDU 87034: World-wide extreme wind speeds. Part 1: origins and methods of analysis.

ESDU 88037: World-wide extreme wind speeds. Part 2: examples using various methods.

ESDU 88037: Estimation of hours per year when mean wind speed exceeds specified thresholds.

 

 

Engineering Science Data Unit (ESDU) International. Part of IHS Inc.

www.esdu.com

 

 

ESDU Wind Engineering Volume 1b

WIND SPEEDS AND TURBULENCE – EFFECT OF TERRAIN ROUGHNESS AND LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY.

The volume covers the following individual items:

 

 

ESDU 84011: Wind speed profiles over terrain with roughness changes.

ESDU 84030: Longitudinal turbulence intensities over terrain with roughness changes.

ESDU 86035: Integral length scales of turbulence over flat terrain with roughness changes.

ESDU 91043: Mean wind speeds over hills and other topography.

ESDU 01008: Computer program for wind speeds and turbulence properties: flat or hilly sites in terrain with roughness changes.

ESDU 97031: Estimation of shelter provided by solid and porous fences.

 

 

Engineering Science Data Unit (ESDU) International. Part of IHS Inc.

www.esdu.com

 

 

ESDU Wind Engineering Volume 2a

MEAN LOADS ON STRUCTURES – SINGLE CIRCULAR AND MULTI-SIDED CYLINDERS, CYLINDER GROUPS.

The volume covers the following individual items:

 

 

ESDU 71012: Fluid forces on non-streamline bodies – background notes and description of the flow phenmena.

ESDU 80025: Mean forces, pressures and flow field velocities for circular cylindrical structures: single cylinder with two-dimensional flow.

ESDU 81017: Mean forces, pressures and moments for circular cylindrical structures: finite-length cylinders in uniform flow.

ESDU 79026: Mean ffluid forces and moments on cylindrical structures: polygonal sections woth rounded corners including elliptical shapes.

ESDU 84015: Cylinder groups: mean forces on pairs of long circular cylinders.

 

 

Engineering Science Data Unit (ESDU) International. Part of IHS Inc.

www.esdu.com

 

 

ESDU Wind Engineering Volume 2b

MEAN LOADS ON STRUCTURES – RECTANGULAR-SECTION CYLINDERS, PARABOLOIDAL ANTENNAS, WIND TUNNEL BLOCKAGE.

The volume covers the following individual items:

 

 

ESDU 71016: Fluid forces, pressures and moments on rectangular blocks.

ESDU 80003: Mean fluid forces and moments on rectangular prisms: surface-mounted structures in turbulent shear flow.

ESDU 80024: Blockage corrections for bluff bodies in confined flows.

ESDU 82031: Paraboloidal antennas. Part 1: mean forces and moments.

ESDU 83020: Paraboloidal antennas. Part 2: surface pressure distribution.

ESDU 89050: Boundary walls, fences and hoardings: mean and peak wind loads and overturning moments.

 

 

Engineering Science Data Unit (ESDU) International. Part of IHS Inc.

www.esdu.com

 

 

ESDU Wind Engineering Volume 2c

MEAN LOADS ON STRUCTURES – LATTICE FRAMES AND TOWERS, BEAMS OF VARIOUS SECTIONS.

The volume covers the following individual items:

 

 

ESDU 81027: Lattice structures. Part 1: mean fluid forces on single and multiple plane frames.

ESDU 81028: Lattice structures. Part 2: mean fluid forces on tower-like space frames.

ESDU 82007: Structural members: mean fluid forces on members of various cross sections.

 

 

Engineering Science Data Unit (ESDU) International. Part of IHS Inc.

www.esdu.com

 

 

ESDU Wind Engineering Volume 3a

DYNAMIC RESPONSE – BACKGROUND, TURBULENCE BUFFETING.

The volume covers the following individual items:

 

 

ESDU 77032: Fluctuating loads and dynamic response of bodies and structures in fluid flows – background information.

ESDU 87035: Calculation methods for along-wind loading. Part 2. Response of line-like structures to atmospheric turbulence.

ESDU 88019: Calculation methods for along-wind loading. Part 3. Response of buildings and plate-like structures to atmospheric turbulence.

ESDU 92036: Response of structures to atmospheric turbulence. Computer programs A9236 and B9236.

 

 

Engineering Science Data Unit (ESDU) International. Part of IHS Inc.

www.esdu.com

 

 

ESDU Wind Engineering Volume 3b

DYNAMIC RESPONSE – ACROSS-WIND BUFFETING, VORTEX SHEDDING (NON-CIRCULAR SECTIONS), GALLOPING.

The volume covers the following individual items:

 

 

ESDU 89049: Response to atmospheric turbulence. Response to across-wind turbulence components.

ESDU 90036: Structures of non-circular cross-section: dynamic response due to vortex shedding.

ESDU 91010: Response of structures to galloping excitation. Background and approximate estimation.

ESDU 93013: ‘Life-curve slope’ for structural response calculations.

 

 

Engineering Science Data Unit (ESDU) International. Part of IHS Inc.

www.esdu.com

 

 

ESDU Wind Engineering Volume 3c

DYNAMIC RESPONSE – VORTEX SHEDDING AND TURBULENCE (SINGLE CIRCULAR SECTION), CYLINDER GROUPS.

The volume covers the following individual items:

 

 

ESDU 79025: Fluctuating response of circular cylinders in small groups in fluid flow – discussion and guide to data available.

ESDU 96030: Response of structures to vortex shedding. Structures of circular or polygonal cross section.

ESDU 96031: Computer programs for response of structures to vortex shedding. Structures of circular or ploygonal cross section. Part 1. Microsoft Excel module.

 

 

Engineering Science Data Unit (ESDU) International. Part of IHS Inc.

www.esdu.com

 

 

ESDU Wind Engineering Volume 4

NATURAL VIBRATION PARAMETERS OF STRUCTURES – CORE, SHEAR, FRAME BUILDINGS, TOWERS, 2D FRAMEWORKS.

The volume covers the following individual items:

 

 

ESDU 79005: Undamped natural vibration of shear buildings.

ESDU 81036: Undamped natural vibration of core buildings.

ESDU 82019: Undamped natural vibration of sway frame buildings and frame structures.

ESDU 83009: Damping of structures. Part 1: tall buildings.

ESDU 91001: Structural parameters used in reponse calculations. Estimation of numerical values.

 

 

Engineering Science Data Unit (ESDU) International. Part of IHS Inc.

www.esdu.com

 

 

ESDU Wind Engineering Volume SW

WIND ENGINEERING SOFTWARE.

Engineering Science Data Unit (ESDU) International. Part of IHS Inc.

www.esdu.com

 

 

JOURNALS

TOP OF PAGE ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Air Pollution: Emissions – Transport and dispersion – Transformation – Deposition Effects – Micrometeorology – Urban Atmosphere – Global Atmosphere

Pergamon / Elsevier Science Ltd.

www.elsevier.com

 

 

ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS

Materials, Structures, Components, Reliability, Design

Pergamon / Elsevier Science Ltd.

www.elsevier.com

 

 

ENGINEERING STRUCTURES

The Journal of Earthquake, Wind and Ocean Engineering

Elsevier Science Ltd.

www.elsevier.com

 

 

JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Cambridge University Press

jfm-www.damtp.cam.ac.uk

 

 

JOURNAL OF WIND ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL AERODYNAMICS

Elsevier Science Ltd., Amsterdam – Oxford – New York – Tokyo

www.elsevier.com

 

 

MARINE STRUCTURES

Design, Construction & Safety

Elsevier Science Ltd.

www.elsevier.com

 

 

OCEAN ENGINEERING

An International Journal of Research and Development

Pergamon / Elsevier Science Ltd.

www.elsevier.com

 

 

PROBABILISTIC ENGINEERING MECHANICS

Probabilistic and Statistical Aspects of Engineering Problems – Aerospace – Civil – Marine – Mechanical – Nuclear

Elsevier Science Ltd.

www.elsevier.com

 

 

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL

Journal of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)

IABSE

www.iabse.ethz.ch

 

 

JOURNAL OF SOUND AND VIBRATION

Elsevier Science Ltd.

www.elsevier.com

 

 

WIND AND STRUCTURES

An International Journal

Techno-Press Ltd.

technopress.kaist.ac.kr