Wind Science and Engineering is a guide to applying all the latest advances in wind science to civil engineering, construction and other relevant fields.

What does this book cover?

Wind Science and Engineering: Origins, Developments, Fundamentals and Advancements is one of the celebrated Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering. It takes an in-depth and nuanced look at wind energy and the effects wind action has on built structures. It examines what makes a structure more vulnerable to wind damage, and even touches upon the aerodynamic design of trains, road vehicles, sailing ships and aircraft as well as of buildings.

In addition, Wind Science and Engineering contains sections on:

• Meteorology
• Micrometeorology
• Snow drift, windbreaks and crops
• Soil erosion
• Atmospheric physics
• Atmospheric pollution
• Bioclimatic city-planning and architecture
• Climatology

About the Author 

Giovanni Solari teaches at the University of Genoa. He is the Director of their wind tunnel Laboratory, as well as a professor of Structural and Wind Engineering. He spent 4 years as the president of the IAWE (International Association for Wind Engineering), and is currently the President of the Italian Institute of Welding.

Wind Science and Engineering is what you need to help you incorporate the latest advances in wind science into your engineering practice.