Wind characteristics of thunderstorms and their effects on wind loading design in Singapore

• Main Authors: Choi, Edmund Cheong Chuen., Brownjohn, James Mark William., Chan, Weng Kong.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Research Report
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Geography::Physical geography
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/5196
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Singapore is situated in the equatorial belt where there are no severe tropical cyclones (typhoons). The monsoon winds over these regions are also mild. Thus, strong winds due to these weather systems are relatively less severe. On the other hand, equatorial regions have frequent tropical thundersto...