What is Wind engineering?
[[File:101.portrait.altonthompson.jpg|thumb|205px|For earthquake and wind protection, the [[Taipei 101]], [[Taiwan]] building has the tuned mass damper.<ref>[http://www.structuralpedia.com/index.php?title=Tuned_Mass_Damper Tuned mass damper]</ref>]]'''Wind engineering''' studies effects of [[wind]] on the [[building]]s and its possible damage or problems to their [[inhabitant]]s. From the point of [[structural engineering]], it is interested in strong winds, which may cause discomfort, as well as extreme winds, such as in a [[tornado]], [[hurricane]] or heavy storm, which may cause widespread destruction. Wind engineering needs information from [[meteorology]], [[fluid dynamics]], [[mechanics]], and a number of special [[engineering]] disciplines including [[aerodynamics]], and structural dynamics. The tools may also include atmospheric models, atmospheric boundary layer, wind tunnels and computational fluid dynamics models.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.structuremag.org/archives/2006/June-2006/SF-Wind-Engineering-Burj-Dubai-Tower-June-06.pdf |title=The Burj Dubai tower: Wind Engineering solution |access-date=2011-04-03 |archive-date=2006-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060930052345/http://www.structuremag.org/archives/2006/June-2006/SF-Wind-Engineering-Burj-Dubai-Tower-June-06.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Related pages== * [[Earthquake engineering]] * [[Vibration control]] ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.iawe.org/ International Association for Wind Engineering] * [http://www.aawe.org/ American Association of Wind Engineering] * [http://www.ukwes.bham.ac.uk/ UK Wind Engineering Society] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006093233/http://www.ukwes.bham.ac.uk/ |date=2009-10-06 }} * [http://www.sgs.com/wind-energy-technology-centre-in-tianjin-china-video Wind Energy Technology Centre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311153629/http://www.sgs.com/wind-energy-technology-centre-in-tianjin-china-video |date=2011-03-11 }} {{Wind}} [[Cate