by Benito M. Pacheco, Ronwaldo Emmanuel R. Aquino, and William T. Tanzo, 2007, Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Regional Harmonization of Wind Loading and Wind Environmental Specifications in Asia-Pacific Economies (APEC-WW-2007), Tongji University, Shanghai, China; co-organized by the 21st Century Center of Excellence Program on Wind Effects on Buildings and Urban Environment, Tokyo Polytechnic University.
ABSTRACT: This paper is presented at the 4th Workshop on Regional Harmonization of Wind Loading and Wind Environmental Standards in Asia-Pacific Economies (APEC-WW) in Shanghai, China. It discusses recent events related to new developments in wind loading and wind environment standards in the Philippines between late 2006, particularly those activities that were held since the 3rd APEC-WW held in New Delhi, India, and 2007 prior to the 4th APECWW. The first event is a discussion forum held in December 2006 by the Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines (ASEP) on damaged structures, particularly outdoor billboard structures (usually lattice structures supporting large advertisement boards), due to Typhoon Xangsane (Philippine Name: Milenyo) of 2004. Next, there were a series of presentations at various local and regional conferences of papers on dynamic wind effects, extreme wind speed mapping, and typhoon engineering in general. The ASEP National Structural Codes Committee has also started to convene, and updates to the National Structural of the Philippines (NSCP), including its wind loading provisions in particular, are targeted to be released in 2008.
KEYWORDS: Philippines, ASEP, Typhoon Xangsane/Milenyo, typhoon engineering, NSCP
A direct link to this publication can be found [here] on the official APEC-WW website.
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