AAWE President, Prof. Sarkar, shared the sad news that our colleague, long-time friend, and one of the pioneers of wind engineering, Dr. Jack E. Cermak, passed away on August 21, 2012 at Fort Collins, Colorado. He would have been 90 in a couple of weeks. Many of you who interacted with him professionally or personally … Continued
Program announced. In the 20th anniversary year (2012) of Hurricane Andrew ATC and ASCE will host this event in Miami. Download PDF
The AAWE Awards Committee has renamed a traditional quadrennial award to be the “Michael Gaus Distinguished Service Award” and created two new annual awards – the “Best Journal Paper Award” and the “Industry Innovation Award”. The details may be… Download PDF
Wind Engineering Research Needs (TCWE) The ASCE Technical Council on Wind Engineering has generated this brief White Paper on future wind-engineering research needs. Download PDF
Cyclone Yasi Report by JCU The Cyclone Testing Station at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, has issued this report on a major cyclone in early 2011. Download Report by JCU
Cyclone Yasi Report by Prof. George Walker This North Queensland storm damaged a large populated area in early 2011. Prof. Walker, a long-standing AAWE member, has reviewed the damage in this PDF document, and he also provides some the wind-related history and code discussion. Download PDF Report
Saffir-Simpson Removes Storm Surge A selection of PDf files are available at this NOAA site that describe the recent modifications to the venerable Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
NREL Wind Energy Resouce Workshop An NREL publication of the 2008 Workshop on wind-energy resorce and research needs will be of interest to many AAWE members. Download the attached pdf file.
Review of the book “Wind Loading of Structures”, Second Edition by John D. Holmes, 2007. This second edition (2007) of Dr. Holmes book is published by Taylor and Francis and is a substantial expansion on the first edition published in 2001. Every chapter is updated with new or expanded information. The fundamental atmospheric physics… Download … Continued
The ICC issues consolidated standard for the Design and Construction of Storm Shelters The International Code Council/National Storm Shelter Association (NSSA), has been approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as an American National Standard. This standard offers guidelines for community shelters and residential safe rooms. It also consolidates previous references published by NSSA, … Continued
