Emil Simiu 
Design of Buildings for Wind 
A Guide for ASCE 7-10 Standard Users and Designers of Special Structures

ASCE 7 is the US standard for identifying minimum design loads for
buildings and other structures. ASCE 7 covers many load
types, of which wind is one. The purpose of
this book is to provide structural and architectural engineers
with the practical state-of-the-art knowledge and tools needed for
designing and retrofitting buildings for wind loads. The book will
also cover wind-induced loss estimation. This new
edition include a guide to the thoroughly revised, 2010
version of the ASCE 7 Standard provisions for wind loads;
incorporate major advances achieved in recent years in the design
of tall buildings for wind; present material on retrofitting and
loss estimation; and improve the presentation of the material to
increase its usefulness to structural engineers.

Key features:

* New focus on tall buildings helps make the analysis and design
guidance easier and less complex.

* Covers the new simplified design methods of ASCE 7-10, guiding
designers to clearly understand the spirit and letter of the
provisions and use the design methods with confidence and
ease.

* Includes new coverage of retrofitting for wind load resistance
and loss estimation from hurricane winds.

* Thoroughly revised and updated to conform with current practice
and research.

Sobre o autor

Emil Simiu, PE, Ph D, is a NIST Fellow and a Fellow at the American Society of Civil Engineers. He served as chairman of its Committee on Wind Effects, Committee on Dynamic Effects, and Committee on the Reliability of Offshore Structures; as senior structural engineer with Severud Associates and Ammann & Whitney, Inc.; and as distinguished research professor at Florida International University’s International Hurricane Research Center. Also a distinguished member of the ASCE Standard Committee on Loads, he was a recipient of the Federal Engineer of the Year award from the National Society of Professional Engineers, and of the 2006 Japan Association for Wind Engineering Prize, given to the outstanding wind engineering publication of the year, for the first edition of Design of Buildings and Bridges for Wind. In addition, Dr. Simiu is the coauthor of Wind Effects on Structures, Third Edition (Wiley).