CSU/TTU Cooperative Research Program in Wind Engineering

五年合作研究计划 科罗拉多州之间的风力工程（CRPWE） 州立大学和德克萨斯理工大学 已经启动了两个主要的 目标.第一，聚焦于 跨学科对选定风的研究 工程研究问题有关的 人类环境的质量和安全。 第二，贡献成果 对即将开展的活动的研究 美国自然灾害十年 减债（美元减债）和减债国际 减少自然灾害十年 （减灾十年）。 CRPWE将由一个 外部技术评估和咨询 理事会（TAAC），由10至12人组成 国内和国际知名 风力工程专家。 教师， 研究生和本科生， 不同的部门和双方 大学之间将自由交流 两个机构。 几项任务确定 风的特殊研究问题 CRPWE将通过以下方式解决工程问题： 专注于流量测量， 足尺建筑物的结构性能 和结构，物理模型 以及气象学上类似的结构 风洞，分析和验证 数值风工程模型，以及 将结果外推至设计规范 工程实践。 风荷载低- 高层建筑，非边界层 模拟，建筑屋面性能， 极端风的预测和数值 流动的建模是一些主题， 跨学科的调查。 数据 收集，执行的评价和 设计建议由 进行的研究将导致一个更安全， 经济上更可行的建筑物 环境，更好地保护人们， 并且能够抵御 飓风龙卷风和风暴

A five-year Cooperative Research Program in Wind Engineering (CRPWE) between Colorado State University and Texas Tech University has been set in motion with two major objectives. The first, to focus an interdisciplinary effort on selected wind engineering research problems related to the quality and safety of the human environment. The second, to contribute the results of research to the activities of the upcoming United States Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (USDNDR) and to the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). The CRPWE will be guided by an external Technology Assessment and Advisory Council (TAAC) consisting of ten to twelve nationally and internationally recognized experts in wind engineering. Faculty, graduate and undergraduate students from different Departments and from both Universities will exchange freely between the two institutions. Several tasks identifying specific research problems in wind engineering will be addressed by CRPWE by focussing on the measurement of flow and structural behavior of full-scale buildings and structures, physical models of the same and similar configurations in meteorological wind tunnels, validation of analytical and numerical wind engineering models, and extrapolation of the results to design codes and engineering practice. Wind loads on low- rise buildings, non-boundary layer simulation, building roofing performance, prediction of extreme wind, and numerical modeling of flow are some of the topics to be investigated interdisciplinarily. The data gathered, the evaluations performed and the design recommendations prepared from the research performed will lead to a safer and economically more viable building environment, better able to protect people, and capable of withstanding the onslaught of hurricanes, tornadoes, and windstorms.