자료유형  

 단행본

International Standard Book Number  

9781400844708 (electronic bk.)

International Standard Book Number  

1400844703 (electronic bk.)

International Standard Book Number  

9780691151533

International Standard Book Number  

0691151539

Library of Congress Call Number  

TA654.5-.R636 2013eb

Dewey Decimal Classification Number  

624.1/75-23

Main Entry-Personal Name  

Roberts, Siobhan.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2013

Physical Description  

1 online resource (278 p) : ill.

Bibliography, Etc. Note  

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note  

완전내용Sowing wind science -- Tall and taller towers -- Long and longer bridges -- Project storm shelter -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Interview sources -- Glossary.

Summary, Etc.  

요약With Wind Wizard, Siobhan Roberts brings us the story of Alan Davenport (1932-2009), the father of modern wind engineering, who investigated how wind navigates the obstacle course of the earth's natural and built environments--and how, when not properly heeded, wind causes buildings and bridges to teeter unduly, sway with abandon, and even collapse. In 1964, Davenport received a confidential telephone call from two engineers requesting tests on a pair of towers that promised to be the tallest in the world. His resulting wind studies on New York's World Trade Center advanced the art and science of wind engineering with one pioneering innovation after another. Establishing the first dedicated "boundary layer" wind tunnel laboratory for civil engineering structures, Davenport enabled the study of the atmospheric region from the earth's surface to three thousand feet, where the air churns with turbulent eddies, the average wind speed increasing with height. The boundary layer wind tunnel mimics these windy marbled striations in order to test models of buildings and bridges that inevitably face the wind when built. Over the years, Davenport's revolutionary lab investigated and improved the wind-worthiness of the world's greatest structures, including the Sears Tower, the John Hancock Tower, Shanghai's World Financial Center, the CN Tower, the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, the Sunshine Skyway, and the proposed crossing for the Strait of Messina, linking Sicily with mainland Italy. Chronicling Davenport's innovations by analyzing select projects, this popular-science book gives an illuminating behind-the-scenes view into the practice of wind engineering, and insight into Davenport's steadfast belief that there is neither a structure too tall nor too long, as long as it is supported by sound wind science.

Subject Added Entry-Personal Name  

Davenport, Alan G.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Wind-pressure

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Buildings Aerodynamics

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Bridges Aerodynamics

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Structural.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

MATHEMATICS / General.

Additional Physical Form Entry  

Print versionRoberts, Siobhan. Wind wizard. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2013 9780691151533 (DLC) 2012015170 (OCoLC)788266323

Electronic Location and Access  

로그인을 한후 보실 수 있는 자료입니다.

Control Number  

joongbu:423299