SEI Publications

Topics include wind climate characteristics, system reliability, wind-structure interaction, structural analysis techniques, and design and the report outlines 10 prioritized recommendations to advance the use of PBWD with the goal of reducing the impact of severe wind events.

Topics include computational fluid dynamics design tools, verification and validation benchmark testing, system reliability and risk, storm type and generation, and structural engineering applications and the report outlines 9 prioritized recommendations to advance the use of CWE with the goal of reducing the impact of severe wind events.

Key topics include community resilience goals for tiers of functionality, improved tornado flow field characterization, and standards for tornado simulators. The report prioritizes 10 recommendations to address critical research needs, such as better understanding tornado-borne debris, refining tornado windspeed estimation methods, and combining atmospheric pressure changes with external pressure coefficients