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Hurricane Andrew (1992) caused one of the largest property losses in U.S. history, but limited availability of surface wind measurements hindered the advancement of wind engineering research. Many studies have been conducted on regular...
Taller wind turbines with big wheel area have been proposed for low wind speed sites, where conventional 80m tower cannot produce enough electricity. Hub height of 140m gives the potential to all 50 states to produce power from wind....
Hurricane risk assessment is an important research topic: accurate estimation of the potential loss helps guide mitigation efforts to decrease the loss in the future. In the past decade, researchers working on the loss analysis tried to...
High alkali cements are not used in the state of Florida because of its supposed deleterious effects to concrete. The alkali-silica reaction forms a gel in the voids of the concrete and the increase in internal pressure created by the...
As it stands, many of Florida’s roads have already reached their designed service life and are now in the process of being renewed. The current method in rehabilitation of concrete pavement requires the expired piece of pavement to be...
The State of Florida acquires over 300 cutaway buses every year. The increasing popularity of such buses raised concerns about passenger safety and overall crashworthiness of this transportation mode. Dimensions of the cutaway buses and...
Cracking is a primary distress on flexible pavements in Florida. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the crack resistance of proposed asphalt mixtures on Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) projects. A comprehensive literature...
Wind turbines are getting bigger to extract more power from wind. In the past decade, the wind turbines heights increased up to 135 m (Enercon E126, 7.5MW capacity). Many wind turbines are constructed in earthquake prone and high...
Extensive research has been previously conducted on cylindrical models with different surface patterns. These experiments were generally performed with the intention of passively reducing friction drag on aerodynamic structures exposed...
Wind induced damage is observed in different types of civil engineering structures. There are several methods in use to predict damage. Researchers and stakeholders rely on these methods to quantify damage, which helps to schedule...
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