As part of the Wind-RCI family of online tools for the roofing community, this calculator determines the resistance of the tested low-slope membrane roofing specimens in accordance with the CSA ...

This calculator was originally developed by the Special Interest Group for Dynamic Evaluation of Roofing Systems (SIGDERS) consortia and focused only on wind load determination for roof claddings.

The American Society of Civil Engineers has decided that emergency changes to wind-load provisions in ASCE's 2010 building design standard are not needed. ASCE recently reviewed the provisions, ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reported on Sept. 17 that it has done additional analysis of the wind "loads" that the World Trade Center (WTC) towers were originally ...

Cooling towers play a vital role in industrial processes and power generation by dissipating waste heat into the atmosphere. Their unique hyperbolic geometries are designed not only to maximise heat ...