A novel fluid-structure interaction modelling and optimisation of roofing designs of buildings for typhoon resilience

• Main Authors: Jay Pantua, Conrad Allan, Calautit, John Kaiser, Wu, Yupeng
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Roofs—Design and construction; Roofs—Aerodynamics; Roofs—Protection; Typhoons > Philippines; Computational fluid dynamics; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Mechanical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2895
• Institution: De La Salle University

Stronger typhoons have been more frequent in the Western Pacific region. Typhoon Haiyan caused widespread loss of life and destruction to properties when in made landfall in the Philippines in 2013. An estimated 1.1 million homes were damaged or destroyed in the aftermath. Damage surveys show extens...