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Severe wind phenomena in Southern Africa and the related damage

Author: Goliger, Adam M ; Retief, JV Date: Oct 2007 This paper presents a review of the types and magnitude of strong and extreme wind events that develop over the southern portion of the African continent. The origin of such events is given, together with selected statistics and examples of ... Read more
Strong wind climatic zones in South Africa

Author: Kruger, AC ; Goliger, Adam M ; Retief, JV ; Sekele, S Date: Jan 2010 In this paper South Africa is divided into strong wind climate zones, which indicate the main sources of annual maximum wind gusts. By the analysis of wind gust data of 94 weather stations, which had continuous climate time series of 10 years ... Read more
Strong winds in South Africa, part 2: mapping of updated statistics

Author: Kruger, AC ; Retief, JV ; Goliger, Adam M Date: Aug 2013 Although wind is the most important environmental action on buildings and structures in South Africa, the last comprehensive strong wind analysis was conducted in 1985. The current wind loading code is still based on the strong wind quantiles ... Read more

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