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  title info:
    non sort: A
    title: Study of a Plug to Counter Wind Forces
  name:
    name part: Gupta, Nishant
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Nichols, John M.
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  name:
    name part: Texas A & M University
    role:
      role term: degree granting institution.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: The wind loads are one of the greatest environmental threats that exist for a building. Coastal areas close to the equator are especially prone to damage caused by cyclonic wind loads. Historical data shows that there has been a long history of cyclonic activities causing devastating damage to life and property. The legendary storm that saved Japan from invasion about a millennia ago is one such example. Recent cyclones, such as Typhoon Tip in 1979 and Cyclone Tracy in 1974, have been responsible for causing billions of dollars' worth damage and killing a significant number of people. The maximum gust speed recorded to date, over 200 mph, is capable of destroying a building. Various building codes and regulations are based on international research that covers the design of buildings for high winds. At higher wind speeds, as seen in cases of cyclones and tornedoes, the external pressure on the buildings shell increases as the square of the wind speed. One of the failure modes for buildings is a catastrophic failure of the window elements in a high-pressure windstorm. The failure creates a resonance, named after Herrmann von Helmholtz, that overloads the roof and walls from the wind pressure and the mass movement of air. A new device was developed in this research to smoothen the transition from a closed to open state for a buildings opening. The device has a controlled failure of a plug element. The purpose of the research was to develop a test arrangement to generate cyclonic wind pressures inside a box container to test failure load for the plug. The results show that a plug with a friction joint between the pipe could be used to control the flow of air from the exterior to the interior of a room at a pre-determined pressure inside the box. The system was found to work and able to create a low level of damping to model the Helmholtz resonator. Further research is recommended using different plug samples. The electronic version of this dissertation is accessible fr…
  note: by Nishant Gupta.
  note: "Major Subject: Construction Management"
  note: Includes vita.
  note: Master of Science Texas A & M University 2015 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155388
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Thesis)
  subject:
    topic: Major Construction Management
  subject:
    topic: Plug
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155388
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 160817
    record change date: 20170926141811.0
    record identifier: in00003746478
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng