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Thunderstorm Downbursts and Wind Loading of Structures: Progress and Prospect by Solari, Giovanni

“…In 1961, Davenport published a paper, considered by most to be a critical work in the study of wind engineering, in which meteorology, micrometeorology,…”
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Emerging issues and new frameworks for wind loading on structures in mixed climates by Solari, Giovanni

“…Starting from an overview on the research on thunderstorms in the last forty years, this paper provides a general discussion on some emerging issues and new…”
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Separation and classification of extreme wind events from anemometric records by De Gaetano, Patrizia, Repetto, Maria Pia, Repetto, Teresa, Solari, Giovanni

“…The separation and classification of intense wind events into homogeneous families is a key topic to study the wind-excited response of structures and to…”
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Characteristics of thunderstorms relevant to the wind loading of structures by Solari, Giovanni, Burlando, Massimiliano, De Gaetano, Patrizia, Repetto, Maria Pia

“…"Wind and Ports" is a European project that has been carried out since 2009 to handle wind forecast in port areas through an integrated system made up of an…”
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The annual rate of independent events – A key interpretation for traditional extreme value distributions of wind velocity by Torrielli, Alessio, Repetto, Maria Pia, Solari, Giovanni

“…The extreme value theory has been object of engineering studies for more than a century. The analysis of extreme winds plays a key role for complex civil…”
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Downburst-like experimental impinging jet measurements at the WindEEE Dome by Canepa, Federico, Burlando, Massimiliano, Romanic, Djordje, Solari, Giovanni, Hangan, Horia

“…This paper describes the dataset of measurements collected and published in the context of the comprehensive experimental campaign on downburst-like outflows…”
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The wind forecast for safety management of port areas by Solari, Giovanni, Repetto, Maria Pia, Burlando, Massimiliano, De Gaetano, Patrizia, Pizzo, Marina, Tizzi, Marco, Parodi, Mattia

“…This paper illustrates the research activities linked with the European Project “Wind and Ports: The forecast of wind for the management and the safety of port…”
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A Refined Study of Atmospheric Wind Properties in the Beijing Urban Area Based on a 325 m Meteorological Tower by Zhang, Shi, Li, Bo, Solari, Giovanni, Zhang, Xinxin, Xu, Xiaoda

“…The urban atmospheric boundary layer (UABL) is complex due to the heterogeneous underlying city surface. The nine anemometers installed at different heights…”
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Characteristics of downslope winds in the Liguria Region by Massimiliano Burlando, Marco Tizzi, Giovanni Solari

“…Strong downslope windstorms often occur in the Liguria Region. This part of North-Western Italy is characterised by an almost continuous mountain range along…”
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Emerging issues and new frameworks for wind loading on structures in mixed climates by Solari, Giovanni

“…Starting from an overview on the research on thunderstorms in the last forty years, this paper provides a general discussion on some emerging issues and new…”
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Thunderstorm response spectrum technique: Theory and applications by Solari, Giovanni

“…•Thunderstorms are transient phenomena characterized by short duration.•Structural response to transient phenomena is usually evaluated by the response…”
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Experimental investigation of the aeroelastic behavior of a complex prismatic element by Nguyen, Cung Huy, Freda, Andrea, Solari, Giovanni, Tubino, Federica

“…Lighting poles and antenna masts are typically high, slender and light structures. Moreover, they are often characterized by distributed eccentricities that…”
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Characteristics of downslope winds in the Liguria Region by Burlando, Massimiliano, Tizzi, Marco, Solari, Giovanni

“…Strong downslope windstorms often occur in the Liguria Region. This part of North-Western Italy is characterised by an almost continuous mountain range along…”
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Education and dissemination in wind science and engineering by Solari, Giovanni

“…An adequate education in a discipline as vast and articulated as wind science and engineering cannot fail to recognize its origins, developments, fundamentals,…”
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Proper orthogonal decomposition in wind engineering - Part 1: A state-of-the-art and some prospects by Solari, Giovanni, Carassale, Luigi, Tubino, Federica

“…The Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) is a statistical method particularly suitable and versatile for dealing with many problems concerning wind…”
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Gust Buffeting of Slender Structures and Structural Elements: Simplified Formulas for Design Calculations and Code Provisions by Solari, Giovanni

“…AbstractThe lack of simple methods to determine the simultaneous alongwind, crosswind, and torsional loading and response of slender structures and structural…”
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Time varying mean extraction for stationary and nonstationary winds by Tubino, Federica, Solari, Giovanni

“…This paper discusses different strategies for the extraction of the time-varying mean from wind speed time histories. Due to the advantage of allowing…”
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Proper orthogonal decomposition in wind engineering - Part 2: Theoretical aspects and some applications by Carassale, Luigi, Solari, Giovanni, Tubino, Federica

“…Few mathematical methods attracted theoretical and applied researches, both in the scientific and humanist fields, as the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD)…”
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Transient aeroelasticity of structures subjected to thunderstorm outflows by Brusco, Stefano, Solari, Giovanni

“…•A mathematical model to evaluate motion-induced forces on slender structures subjected to thunderstorm outflows is proposed.•Time-varying aerodynamic damping…”
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An evolutionary power spectral density model of thunderstorm outflows consistent with real-scale time-history records by Roncallo, Luca, Solari, Giovanni

“…This paper presents a new approach for modelling the evolutionary power spectral density (EPSD) of thunderstorm outflows based on a database of 129 real-scale…”
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