Asst. Prof. Timothy John Acosta recently published his research paper titled ” Non-Gaussian peak factor model for windward walls of rigid buildings of different aspect ratios” in the Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics.
The paper discusses how the ASCE 7 building code, which assumes a Gaussian distribution, underestimates peak pressure coefficients on the windward wall for low-rise buildings. A non-Gaussian peak factor model is developed based on translation theory and empirical data to address this.
The full paper can be accessed at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2024.105654.
Asst. Prof. Acosta is a member of UP ICE Structural Engineering Group (SEG), and is currently on study leave pursuing his PhD degree at the Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory, University of Western Ontario, Canada. His studies is supported by DOST-ERDT scholarship.
