tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42414273493565136902024-03-08T22:55:24.343+08:00wind.phWind Engineering in the Philippinesronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-49471260435212742162010-08-06T13:33:00.000+08:002010-08-06T13:33:51.715+08:00How Natural Disaster Risk Factors of Hazard, Exposure and Vulnerability May Be Managed Positivelyby Prof Benito Pacheco, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines; paper presented at the 5th Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region (CECAR5) and Australasian Structural Engineering Conference 2010 (ASEC 2010), 8-12 August 2010, Sydney, Australia.
ABSTRACT: From the author's earlier papers on multi-hazard disaster risk management framework, a new proposal is made to look at ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-7968667717400929302010-07-26T16:31:00.001+08:002010-07-26T16:33:10.316+08:005th International Symposium on Wind Effects on Buildings and Urban EnvironmentThe 1st announcement and call for papers for the 5th International Symposium on Wind Effects on Buildings and Urban Environment (ISWE5) has been released. The ISWE5 has the theme “Wind Hazard Resilient Cities: New Challenges.” It will be held in March 2011, in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. For more details, view the 1st announcement or visit the official website.ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-62975291582195753612010-06-26T07:14:00.002+08:002010-06-28T20:27:21.360+08:0013th International Conference on Wind Engineering (13ICWE)The 13th International Conference on Wind Engineering will be held on July 10-15, 2011 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The wind engineering community in the Netherlands and Flanders is very pleased to cordially welcome you to AmsterdamThe conference is intended to gather researchers and engineering consultants who will share the latest results of research and successful case studies in which wind is ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-45110344329613733532010-06-26T01:56:00.000+08:002010-07-12T18:02:20.709+08:008th International Conference on Structural Dynamics (EURODYN 2011)The European Association for Structural Dynamics (EASD), K.U.Leuven, and the Technological Institute of the Royal Flemish Society of Engineers (TI KVIV) are pleased to announce that the Eighth International Conference on Structural Dynamics EURODYN 2011 will be held in Leuven, Belgium, from 4 to 6 July 2011. For details visit http://www.eurodyn2011.org/.ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-75001172098504280812010-06-26T01:54:00.004+08:002010-07-12T18:04:20.089+08:004th International Operational Modal Analysis Conference (IOMAC 2011)After the first three IOMAC Conferences held in Copenhagen in 2005 and 2007 and the third conference held in Porto Novo, Italy last year, it was decided by the Scientific Committee, that the next Conference was going to be in Turkey. The Fourth IOMAC Conference (IOMAC 2011) will be held in Istanbul, Turkey on 9-11 May 2011.
All researchers, educators, practitioners, and students who are ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-79923093840460483662010-06-26T00:52:00.000+08:002010-06-26T16:22:57.969+08:002011 Structures Congress (ASCE/SEI)The 2011 Structures Congress will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA from April 14-16, 2011. The program of the Structures Congress will provide a forum to advance the art, science, and practice of structural engineering. It is being organized by the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers. For more details, visit http://content.asce.org/conferences/ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-63786585128081295322010-06-25T23:58:00.004+08:002010-07-12T18:06:00.561+08:0029th International Modal Analysis Conference (IMAC-XXIX)The IMAC is a Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics. The IMAC conference theme highlights specific technologies of interest to the IMAC community. The theme for IMAC-XXIX is Advanced Aerospace Applications.
Within the theme, questions to be addressed include: “What is the IMAC community doing for the aerospace sector?” and “What new challenges does the aerospace industry ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-25643746334564847082010-06-25T23:50:00.000+08:002010-06-29T19:53:36.614+08:00The 5th Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian RegionThe 5th Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region (CECAR5), which will also be the Australasian Structural Engineering Conference 2010, will be held in Sydney, Australia on August 8-12, 2010. The conference will bring together a broad cross-section of the civil and structural engineering professions who want to learn, network and advance their technical skills.
A combination of these ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-77430387713954117992010-06-25T21:18:00.008+08:002010-06-28T20:26:48.422+08:00MSc theses in Engineering, from the University of the Philippines, Diliman (as of end 2000)UP Diliman College of Engineering MSc Theses from 1953 to 2000 related to wind engineering. Obtained from http://www.engg.upd.edu.ph/lib/downloads/TCollection.pdf.
Note: 5 found out of 408 total MSc Theses in the list. If you have access to at least the abstract of any of these publications, please contact us at ronjieaquino at hotmail dot com.
Aldeoda, Salvador R. ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-51448480080914572502010-06-25T20:55:00.008+08:002010-06-28T14:11:04.690+08:00MSc theses and PhD dissertations in Meteorology, from the University of the Philippines, Diliman (as of end 2009)There are 66 MSc theses and PhD dissertations in Meteorology, from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, from 1990 to 2009: http://www.science.upd.edu.ph/iesm/oldsite/theses_dmo.htm, of which 29 are possibly related to wind engineering and listed below. If you have access to at least the abstract of any one of these publications, kindly contact us at ronjieaquino at ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-21684317698771830462010-05-21T09:48:00.007+08:002010-06-26T16:22:57.972+08:001st Day of Pre-CWE2010 WorkshopsToday is the first day of pre-conference workshops for the International Symposium on Computation Wind Engineering which will commence on Sunday evening. Scientists, academics, technologists, architects, and engineers from around the world will assemble at the Fifth International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering (CWE2010) in Chapel Hill North Carolina, May 23-27, 2010. For more ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-10948477318853497542010-05-17T08:17:00.001+08:002010-06-26T16:23:20.425+08:002nd ASEP Convention on Concrete Engineering Practice and Technology (a.concept2010)The Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines (ASEP) will be holding the 2nd ASEP Convention on Concrete Engineering Practice and Technology (a.concept2010) on May 20-21, 2010 at the Manila Pavilion Hotel. For details visit http://www.aseponline.org/ convention_concrete_engineering_2010.html.ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-85153683405520563602010-05-16T16:40:00.002+08:002010-06-26T16:41:30.876+08:00Wind.PH createdToday marks the date that the Wind.PH website was created. For more information about Wind.PH, please read the About Us section.ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-4488372075177050382010-03-13T20:49:00.001+08:002010-06-29T21:04:40.710+08:00Highest Wind Pattern in the Philippinesby V. Manalo, 2010, Proceedings (CD-ROM) of the Earthquake and Severe Wind Exposure and Vulnerability Workshop, Tagaytay City; co-organized by PAGASA, PHIVOLCS, and Geoscience Australia.
Summary and Commentary (by R.E.R.Aquino): The presentation discussed some basics of meteorology, i.e. definitions of wind storms or weather systems commonly occurring in the Philippines such as thunderstorms, ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-60041898265166072652010-03-13T20:14:00.003+08:002010-06-29T21:05:31.790+08:00Updating Tropical Cyclone Climatology in the Philippinesby T.A. Cinco, 2010, Proceedings (CD-ROM) of the Earthquake and Severe Wind Exposure and Vulnerability Workshop, Tagaytay City; co-organized by PAGASA, PHIVOLCS, and Geoscience Australia.
Contents:
Tropical cyclone zone of formation and dissipation
Tropical cyclone statistics
Trend of tropical cyclones during the last 58 years (1948-2005)
Monthly Tracks
Rainfall patterns in the Philippines ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-48124271068531898752010-03-12T01:30:00.011+08:002010-06-28T14:11:04.694+08:00Earthquake and Severe Wind Exposure and Vulnerability WorkshopBackground
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) and Geoscience Australia (GA) are currently engaged in programs to better understand and reduce the risks associated with natural hazards in the Philippines. These programs will build upon existing tools and methods to estimate ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-30213708695880934342009-12-03T19:53:00.000+08:002010-06-29T20:06:01.075+08:00Regular National ConferencesThe following are annually held national conferences that are possible venues for presenting wind engineering related work:
ASEP Conferences. The ASEP International Convention or AIC is held once every two years, but there is one themed conference also organized by ASEP on the year without an AIC. Hence there is at least one themed conference by ASEP annually. Recent themed ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-60170241196858904472009-12-03T19:47:00.002+08:002010-08-06T14:02:46.218+08:00Philippine Wind Loading Code ProvisionsThe NSCP (National Structural Code of the Philippines), Volume 1 - Buildings, Towers, and Other Vertical Structures, Section 207 provide the wind load provisions for the structural design or evaluation of structures in the country. The current edition is the 5th edition, also widely known as NSCP 2001, which superseded NSCP 1992. Scheduled for release this year is NSCP 2010, the 6th ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-83650027822797253432009-12-03T19:43:00.000+08:002010-06-29T19:45:56.724+08:00Philippine Outdoor Air Quality StandardRA 8749 (Republic Act No. 8749) or the "Clean Air Act of 1999," and DENR-EMB DAO 2000-81 and DAO 2004-26 (Department Administrative Order No. 81 of 2000 and No. 26 of 2004 of the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources - Environmental Management Bureau) or the "Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 8749" provide the laws and specifications for outdoor air quality standards in the ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-68164632291574680872009-11-25T22:39:00.000+08:002010-06-26T16:25:37.681+08:00Recent Wind Engineering Developments in the Philippines: 2007-2009by Benito M. Pacheco, William T. Tanzo, and Ronwaldo Emmanuel R. Aquino, 2009, Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Regional Harmonization of Wind Loading and Wind Environmental Specifications in Asia-Pacific Economies (APEC-WW-2009), Tamkang University, Y-Lan County, Taiwan; co-organized by the Global Center of Excellence Program on New Frontiers of Wind Engineering Research and ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-54931347519189926602009-11-24T15:15:00.006+08:002010-06-26T16:34:47.969+08:00Recent wind engineering activities in the Philippinesby Benito M. Pacheco, William T. Tanzo, and Ronwaldo E. R. Aquino, 2009, Proceedings of the 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering (APCWE-VII), Taipei, Taiwan.
Contents: Recent developments in the field of wind engineering in the Philippines, i.e.
1. Update of Wind Loading Code Provisions
2. Assessment Procedures for Existing Steel Lattice Structures
3. Wind Response ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-26595938220469079812009-11-22T16:29:00.000+08:002010-06-26T16:35:08.738+08:00Performance-based designPerformance-based design (PBD) has been a "buzz" word in the earthquake engineering field in the last decade, and in the wind engineering field, some have proposed it to be adopted as well although others say that it is actually the practice already. This online essay by R.E.R. Aquino discusses a view of what PBD is:
http://ronjie-engg.blogspot.com/2009/11/ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-18618243802116910242009-11-04T16:19:00.001+08:002010-06-26T16:35:08.741+08:00Multi-Tiered Evaluation of Existing StructuresIf you are familiar with FEMA publications related to seismic evaluation of existing buildings, you may have heard of the terms "Rapid Visual Assessment," "Tier 1 Screening Procedure," "Tier 2 Evaluation Procedure," and "Tier 3 Detailed Evaluation Procedure," and even "Seismic Rehabilitation."
This online essay by R.E.R. Aquino discusses a proposed tiering from the simplest to the mostronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-22289534213874939912009-05-26T15:20:00.002+08:002010-06-26T16:34:47.973+08:00Misconceptions about Wind Speeds and Return PeriodsFrequently, engineers have misconceptions about wind speeds and return periods, and unfortunately such misunderstandings have been regularly conveyed to non-engineers.
For example, some engineers mistake a 50-year return period wind speed as one that could occur once (and only once) every 50 years. Or when, the 50-year return period wind speed at a site is given to be 55 m/s, and a ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4241427349356513690.post-61206303742014691642007-12-20T22:29:00.007+08:002010-06-26T16:25:37.686+08:00Wind Loading and Wind Environment in the Philippines: Recent Developments in 2006-2007by 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 ronjiedotcomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00572901818932562788noreply@blogger.com0