Course Outline

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Schedule

Note: For 6 week accelerated courses, content will be released at a pace of 2 sessions per week. For 12 week courses, the pace will be 1 session per week.

Sessions 1–3

• Climatology of wind storms
• The language of wind engineering
• Wind engineering basics

Sessions 4–6

• Wind hazard maps - how to read and interpret them
• Determining a site-specific wind speed
• ASCE 7 wind design provisions

Sessions 7–9

• Wind tunnel testing
• Using data from multiple sources to solve a wind design problem
• Solving a wind pressure problem for the structural frame

Sessions 10–12

• Solving a wind pressure problem for components and cladding
• Tornado design using ASCE 7
• Performance-based wind design and course review

This course outline is subject to change.