Mapping the vulnerability of low-cost house roofs in Malate, Metro Manila due to extreme wind speeds

• Main Authors: Garciano, Lessandro, Alvarez, Isiah Paul R., Colobong, John Anthony M., Decal, Christopher Q., Tan, Adam Benedict S.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2013
• Subjects: Roofs—Aerodynamics; Wind-pressure; Civil Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3352
• Institution: De La Salle University

Every year about fifteen to twenty typhoons enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility, causing devastating effects to residential structures in many parts of the country. The strong uplift force of the wind and the inadequate uplift resistance of the roof are the main reasons of roof failure durin...