Symposium on Wind Hazards

美国的飓风和龙卷风等9988226兆赫风暴目前造成高水平的伤亡、商业中断、大量财产损失和人民生活中断。据估计，每年平均有30,000多所房屋或住宅单位因极端大风事件而被摧毁或无法居住。在过去的20年里，仅飓风一项，美国的损失就高达1000亿美元，1999年冬天将在华盛顿特区举行一次研讨会。研讨会的目的有两个：1)确定建筑师、工程师、建筑规范官员、建筑商、贷款人和其他建筑业人士以及决策者的科学和技术计划以及公共政策问题；2)采取步骤，以创新的系统为导向开发研究推力技术，以便采取短期和长期方法来减轻风暴的影响。选择研讨会的地点是为了方便连接行业的所有利益攸关方和决策者访问。研讨会将向公众开放，在两天的上午和下午进行四个主题演讲，并进行六个小组讨论。这一形式旨在征集研讨会所有与会者的参与。该研讨会由美国风工程协会主办，美国土木工程师学会(ASCE)、美国国家标准与技术研究所(NIST)、美国国家海洋和大气管理局(NOAA)、联邦紧急事务管理局(FEMA)、全国住宅建筑商协会(NAHB)等多个组织协办。

9988226MehtaWindstorms in the United States, such as hurricanes and tornadoes, currently cause high levels of deaths and injuries, business interruption, a large amount of property damage, and disruption in the lives of people. It is estimated that an average of more than 30,000 homes or dwelling units are destroyed or made uninhabitable each year as a result of extreme wind events. Over the last twenty years, from hurricanes alone, the losses in the United States are $100 billion in 1999 dollars.A symposium will be held in Washington, DC, during the winter of 1999. The purpose of the symposium is two-fold: 1) to identify scientific and technical programs as well as public policy issues from architects, engineers, building code officials, builders, lenders and others involved in the construction industry, as well as decision-makers, and 2) to take steps toward innovative system-oriented developments of research thrusts in technologies for immediate and long-term approach for mitigating the impact of windstorms. The venue for the symposium is chosen to permit easy access by all stakeholders in the connection industry and decision-makers. The symposium will be open to the public.The format for the symposium will be four keynote speakers in the mornings and afternoons of the two days and six panel discussions. This format is designed to solicit participation by all attendees of the symposium. The symposium is sponsored by the American Association for Wind Engineering and co-sponsored by several organizations including the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), and others.