Studies of hurricane damage to residential buildings confirm that the risk of wind and/or water damage related losses can be mitigated via retrofit solutions. However, adoption of appropriate retrofits by homeowners has been limited despite its obvious benefits. For several reasons, including high cost of retrofitting, the practical difficulty of implementing upgrades, and other homeowner priorities, the level of structural retrofits remain low. This paper proposes a performance-based design approach to retrofitting, targeted for residential homeowners (and their construction team) to advise on incremental retrofits that ultimately result in desired performance targets for wind-resistant houses. To specifically engage the homeowner, a user-...
Hurricane Katrina inflicted incredible damage to residential buildings in the Gulf Coast region. Nea...
Windstorms cause most of the damage to housing in Australia. Population growth is exposing more peop...
This paper evaluates the potential impact of hurricane damage risks to buildings due to climate chan...
An unfortunate global precedent has been set by hurricane wind hazard events that illustrate the imp...
abstract: As construction and building methods advance so should their focus on reconstruction post-...
Damage investigations carried out by the Cyclone Testing Station (CTS) following severe wind storms ...
Damage investigations carried out by the Cyclone Testing Station (CTS) following severe wind storms ...
With 6.5 million households in the United States located in areas prone to storm surge, assessing th...
Residential buildings in coastal areas are often at risk to more than one natural hazard, such as hu...
Hurricanes and tropical storms continue to damage the United States coastline where population migra...
Residential buildings in coastal areas are often at risk to hurricanes which can result in both wind...
Home owners have limited knowledge of wind-induced loads on low-rise residential buildings. The lack...
For the past four years, several universities have been involved in a multi-disciplinary study on ho...
Knowledge of the degree of damage to residential structures expected from severe wind is used to stu...
Damage investigations carried out by the Cyclone Testing Station (CTS) following severe wind storms ...
Hurricane Katrina inflicted incredible damage to residential buildings in the Gulf Coast region. Nea...
Windstorms cause most of the damage to housing in Australia. Population growth is exposing more peop...
This paper evaluates the potential impact of hurricane damage risks to buildings due to climate chan...
An unfortunate global precedent has been set by hurricane wind hazard events that illustrate the imp...
abstract: As construction and building methods advance so should their focus on reconstruction post-...
Damage investigations carried out by the Cyclone Testing Station (CTS) following severe wind storms ...
Damage investigations carried out by the Cyclone Testing Station (CTS) following severe wind storms ...
With 6.5 million households in the United States located in areas prone to storm surge, assessing th...
Residential buildings in coastal areas are often at risk to more than one natural hazard, such as hu...
Hurricanes and tropical storms continue to damage the United States coastline where population migra...
Residential buildings in coastal areas are often at risk to hurricanes which can result in both wind...
Home owners have limited knowledge of wind-induced loads on low-rise residential buildings. The lack...
For the past four years, several universities have been involved in a multi-disciplinary study on ho...
Knowledge of the degree of damage to residential structures expected from severe wind is used to stu...
Damage investigations carried out by the Cyclone Testing Station (CTS) following severe wind storms ...
Hurricane Katrina inflicted incredible damage to residential buildings in the Gulf Coast region. Nea...
Windstorms cause most of the damage to housing in Australia. Population growth is exposing more peop...
This paper evaluates the potential impact of hurricane damage risks to buildings due to climate chan...