Dr. Steve Bruneau, sbruneau@mun.ca, 709 737-2119, EN-4013 Memorial University
Office hours: Tuesday 2:00 - 4:00, Thursday 2:00 - 4:00
COURSE STRUCTURE
- Offered to Graduate and Undergraduate Students
- Lectures: 3 per week for a total of 36 contact hours, 3 credit hours
- Lectures to be posted on this website
- Lab demonstrations
- Project/Paper tutorials
COURSE CONTENT
1. Historical Background to Wind Loading Problems and Wind Engineering
2. Physical Properties of the Wind and Extreme Wind Probability
3. Wind Pressure Forces on Buildings and other Structures
4. The Design of Buildings to Resist Wind
5. Dynamics of Structures
6. Dynamic Response of Structures to the Wind
7. Wind Tunnel Testing
MARKING SCHEME
50% Final Exam
25% Midterm
25% Paper (see menu above for requirments)
READING LIST:
• Wind Engineering, A handbook for Structural Engineers Henry Liu, Prentice Hall (Assigned as course text)
• Wind Effects on Structures, Second Edition, Simiu and Scanlon Wiley and Prentice
• Wind Forces on Buildings and Structures, An Introduction, E.L. Houghton and N.B. Carruthers Edward Arnold Publishers, 1976
• Low Speed Wind Tunnel Testing, J.B. Barlow, W.H. Rae, A. Pope 3rd Edition
Dr. Steve Bruneau
EN-4013
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NL A1B 3X5
Phone: (709) 737-2119
Fax: (709) 737-4042
Email: sbruneau [at] mun.ca
