Simulation of wind flows around the model of Austin’s 321 West 6th Street illustrates the E-SE wind direction that resulted in the largest cross-wind response on the 58-story high-rise. The hotter the ...

Exciting and unique buildings increasingly dot the landscape of our urban environments and beautifully fill the pages of our design magazines. Conversely, over the past half century the construction ...

Rainier Square Tower, under construction in Seattle, is one of the buildings considered for the development of a performance-based wind design manual for tall buildings. Photo Courtesy of ...

The ACI is a resource and authority for individuals and organizations involved in concrete design, construction and materials. The Institute develops consensus-based standards, technical resources and ...

Real-Time Aerodynamics Hybrid Simulation: A Novel Wind-Tunnel for Flexible Bridges (RTAHS) is a research topic carried out by Li under the supervision of Wu and Mettupalayam Sivaselvan, a bridge and ...

Gearboxes in general are a result of over 80 years of accumulated engineering knowledge. So why do gearboxes for wind turbines sometimes fail after seven to 11 years — way less than the anticipated 20 ...

Civil/Structural engineers design and maintain buildings, bridges, and other structures constructed from various materials (concrete, steel, timber, masonry, and reinforced plastics). They use modern ...