Rainwater runoff from building facades is a complex process governed by a wide range of
urban, building, material and meteorological parameters. Given this complexity and the wide …

Despite recent advancements in hurricane hazard characterization and a better
understanding of the vulnerabilities of the built environment to hurricane-related hazards …

Engineering research is undergoing dramatic changes with novel, large-scale research
facilities being developed to help reduce the growing economic losses associated with …

This paper investigates the impact of an intense thunderstorm on the urban area of
Sânnicolau Mare, Romania, based on the meteorological data collected by full-scale field …

This paper examines wind loads acting on roof sheathing on typical low-rise, wood-frame
houses for a variety of parameters including roof shape, roof slope, building height …

Large-scale testing of low-rise buildings or components of tall buildings is essential as it
provides more representative information about the realistic wind effects than the typical …

The unsatisfying performance of light-frame low-rise buildings under hurricane winds is a
long-standing issue. Most past research effort has been made in creating a wind pressure …

This paper presents a modular framework utilized to assess the building envelope failures of
light-frame wood construction subjected to hurricane wind hazards. A component-based …

The vulnerability analysis of cladding usually reflects the performance levels of roof systems
under wind uplift failure. But the damage area of roof system under wind uplift failure is often …

Tornado-induced wind load modeling has advanced significantly in recent years, but
comparison of the experimental or numerical models to observed tornado damage is limited …