Note: Front Cover -- Advances in Wind Engineering, Part I -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR WIND ENGINEERING -- THE CONFERENCE -- PROGRAM SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- SESSION 1: Wind Characteristics and Description Introductory Remarks -- CHAPTER 1. REVIEW OF PAPERS FOR SESSION 1 : WIND CHARACTERISTICS AND DESCRIPTION -- LONG-PERIOD WIND STATISTICS -- STRUCTURE OF WINDS OVER SIMPLE TERRAIN -- EFFECTS OF SPECIAL TERRAIN FEATURES -- WIND CHARACTERISTICS IN SPECIAL METEOROLOGICAL SITUATIONS LEADING TO VIOLENT WINDS -- EFFECTS OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES ON LOCAL WIND CHARACTERISTICS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2. Extreme wind climate of the United Kingdom* -- INTRODUCTION -- PARENT DATA -- SELECTION OF SITES AND PERIOD FOR ANALYSIS -- ANALYSIS -- DISCUSSION OF RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3. INTEGRAL LENGTH SCALES IN STRONG WINDS BELOW 20 m -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- INSTRUMENTATION AND DATA PROCESSING -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4. POWER SPECTRA OF LONGITUDINAL AND LATERAL WIND SPEED NEAR THE GROUND IN STRONG WINDS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. OUTLINE OF THE OBSERVATION -- 3. THEORETICAL EXPRESSIONS -- 4. RESULTS OF ANALYSIS -- 5. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5. THE STRUCTURE OF TURBULENCE DURING STRONG WINDS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- AUTOCORRELATION -- VERTICAL CROSSCORRELATION -- HORIZONTAL CROSSCORRELATION -- POWER SEPECTRUM -- SPECTRUM OF COHERENCE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCIES -- CHAPTER 6. TURBULENT PROPERTIES AND SPECTRAL BEHAVIOURS OF OCEAN WINDS OBSERVED AT AN OFF-SHORE TOWER -- ABSTRACT -- NOTATION -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. INSTRUMENTATION -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS -- 4. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7. EXTREME WIND SPEED DISTRIBUTIONS FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION. , PHYSICAL MODEL -- CLIMATOLOGY OF TROPICAL CYCLONES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8. EXTREME WINDS GENERATED FROM SHORT RECORDS IN A TROPICAL CYCLONE-PRONE REGION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PROPOSED MODEL -- MARKOV PROPERTY AND STATIONARY TESTS -- APPLICATION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9. OBSERVED EFFECTS OF TOPOGRAPHY ON THE WIND FIELD OF CYCLONE WINIFRED -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- WIND SPEEDS APPROACHING THE COAST -- OBSERVED TOPOGRAPHIC INFLUENCES -- REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10. DISCUSSION ON SESSION 1 - WIND CHARACTERISTICS AND DESCRIPTION -- DISCUSSION ON PAPER BY A. FLAGA AND B. WRANA -- DISCUSSION ON PAPER BY Y. TAMURA AND K. SUDA -- DISCUSSION ON PAPER BY 6. TETZLAFF AND A.M. HOFF -- DISCUSSION ON PAPER BY H.W. TIELEMAN -- DISCUSSION ON PAPER BY R.E. WHITBREAD -- DISCUSSION ON PAPER BY G. NAITO -- DISCUSSION ON PAPER BY D. DELAUNAY -- DISCUSSION ON PAPER OF G.R. WALKER, G.F. REARDON AND E.D. JANCAUSKAS -- DISCUSSION ON PAPER BY R.G.J. FLAY AND D.C. STEVENSON -- SESSION 2: WIND ENVIRONMENT -- CHAPTER 11. WIND ENVIRONMENT: Theme Introduction and Report on Preprint Papers Not Included in Proceedings -- CHAPTER 12. WIND TUNNEL MEASUREMENT OF VELOCITY PROFILES IN COMPLEX TERRAIN. CASE OF ALPINE REGIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DIFFICULTIES TO BE OVERCOME AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS -- CASE STUDY : WIND FIELD AT THE SIMPLON PASS -- CONTRIBUTION OF WIND-TUNNEL TESTS TO DETERMINATION OF GUSTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 13. SIMPLE APPROXIMATIONS FOR WIND SPEED-UP OVER HILLS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MODIFIED EXPOSURE FACTOR -- CONSTRAINTS OF THE PROPOSED FORMULATION -- BACKGROUND TO THE PROPOSED FORMULATION -- OTHER SIMPLE APPROACHES TO ESTIMATE WIND SPEED-UPS -- COMPARISONS WITH THE PROPOSED FORMULATION -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. , ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 14. STUDY ON THE ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL WIND CONDITIONS AT GROUND LEVEL IN A BUILT-UP AREA -- ABSTRACT -- NOTATION -- INTRODUCTION -- ASSESSMENT OF WIND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AT GROUND LEVEL AROUND THE PROPOSED BUILDING SITE -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 15. A WIND TUNNEL TEST ON THE BOUNDARY LAYER CHARACTERISTICS ABOVE AN URBAN AREA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXPERIMENTAL ARRANGEMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION -- 3. RESULTS -- 4. COMPARISON WITH FIELD AND LABORATORY DATA -- 5. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCE -- CHAPTER 16. ENVIRONMENTAL WIND CHARACTERISTICS AROUND THE BASE OF A TALL BUILDING - A COMPARISON BETWEEN MODEL TEST AND FULL SCALE EXPERIMENT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FULL SCALE EXPERIMENT -- WIND TUNNEL TEST -- COMPARISON OF RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 17. SEDIMENT-LADEN VELOCITY PROFILES DEVELOPED IN A LONG BOUNDARY-LAYER WIND TUNNEL -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS -- RESULTS AND ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 18. Discussion of Session 2 - Wind environment -- AUTHOR'S REPLY: T. Maruyama and H. Ishizaki -- AUTHOR'S REPLY: Dr M. Ohba -- AUTHOR'S REPLY: S. Kawamura -- AUTHOR'S REPLY: J. Tsutsumi -- AUTHOR'S REPLY: H. Utsunomiya -- AUTHOR'S REPLY: Dr J.-A. Hertig -- AUTHOR'S REPLY: G. Konig -- AUTHOR'S REPLY: Dr J.E. Cermak -- SESSION 3: FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES -- CHAPTER 19. 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WIND ENGINEERING -- THEME INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 20. REVIEW OF INTERFERENCE-INDUCED OSCILLATIONS IN FLOW PAST TWO PARALLEL CIRCULAR CYLINDERS IN VARIOUS ARRANGEMENTS -- Abstract -- NOMENCLATURE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE INTERFERENCE FLOW REGIMES -- JET-SWITCH MECHANISM -- GAP-FLOW-SWITCH MECHANISM -- WAKE-DISPLACEMENT MECHANISM -- WAKE-GALLOPING MECHANISM. , FINAL COMMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 21. VORTEX SHEDDING FROM TWO CYLINDERS IN TANDEM -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 22. DIRECT MEASUREMENTS OF OSCILLATING LIFT ON A RIGID SQUARE SECTION CYLINDER IN A TURBULENT STREAM -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 23. EFFECT OF END PLATES ON THE FLOW AROUND ROUGH CYLINDERS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FLOW AROUND SMOOTH CIRCULAR CYLINDERS -- ROUGHNESS EFFECTS -- EXPERIMENTAL ARRANGEMENT AND PROCEDURE -- PRESENTATION OF RESULTS -- DISCUSSION OF RESULTS -- FLOW REGIMES FOR CYLINDERS WITH LARGE ROUGHNESS -- CONCLUSIONS -- Acknowledgments -- References -- CHAPTER 24. RECONSTRUCTION OF INSTATIONARY WIND LOAD DISTRIBUTION ON STRUCTURES FROM MEASURED STRUCTURAL RESPONSE TIME HISTORIES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. BASIC PRINCIPLES AND EQUATIONS -- 3. SOME NUMERICAL EXAMPLES FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF EXTERNAL TRANSIENT LOAD DISTRIBUTIONS -- 4. EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS -- 5. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 25. DETAILED PRESSURE FIELD MEASUREMENTS FOR SOME 2-0 RECTANGULAR CYLINDERS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL SET UP -- ANGLE FOR REATTACHMENT -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 26. THE EFFECTS OF TURBULENCE ON BLUFF-BODY MEAN FLOW -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXPERIMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS -- 3. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS -- 4. THE EFFECTS OF LARGE-SCALE TURBULENCE -- 5. THE SHEAR-LAYER/EDGE DIRECT INTERACTION IN SMOOTH FLOW -- 6. PROMOTION OF THE SHEAR-LAYER/EDGE DIRECT INTERACTION BY SMALL-SCALE TURBULENCE -- 7. THE STRUCTURE OF BLUFF-BODY NEAR WAKE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 27. BLUFF BODY AERODYNAMICS IN PULSATING FLOW -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION. , EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS AND MODELS -- PRESSURE ON CYLINDER IN PULSATING FLOW -- RELATION BETWEEN VORTEX-INDUCED OSCILLATIONS AND SYNCHRONIZATION IN PULSATING FLOW -- EFFECT OF PULSATING FLOW ON AERODYNAMIC BEHAVIOR -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 28.THE USE OF A FOREBODY PLATE TO REDUCE THE DRAG AND TO IMPROVE THE AERODYNAMIC STABILITY OF A CYLINDER OF SQUARE CROSS-SECTION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- TANDEM BODY AERODYNAMICS -- TEST OUTLINE -- TEST RESULTS -- EFFECT ON VORTEX SHEDDING -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 29. STABILITY OF WIND-LOADED CYLINDRICAL SHELLS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHOD OF ANALYSES -- NUMERICAL RESULTS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 30. THE SEPARATED SHEAR LAYERS ASSOCIATED WITH HEMISPHERICAL BODIES IN TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DETAILS OF EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 31. ON A MECHANISM OF VORTEX EXCITED OSCILLATIONS OF A CYLINDER -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE OSCILLATOR MODEL -- SMALL DISTURBANCES AND THE "EIGENVALUE" PROBLEM -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 32. Discussion of Session 3: Fundamental Studies -- Murakami et al -- Tamura -- Albrecht et al -- Namiranian and Gartshore -- Sant Ana et al -- Nakamura et al -- Cooper -- Kapania -- Berger -- SESSION 4: HIGH RISE BUILDINGS -- CHAPTER 33. AEROELASTIC BEHAVIOR OF TALL BUILDINGS IN WAKES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS -- EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS -- ANALYSIS OF RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 34. STRUCTURAL RESPONSE TO WIND WITH SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DESCRIPTION OF FOUNDATION FLEXIBILITY -- GOVERNING EQUATIONS -- EFFECT OF FOUNDATION FLEXIBILITY ON MODAL PROPERTIES -- RESPONSE TO GUSTING WIND -- RESPONSE TO VORTEX SHEDDING. , CONCLUSIONS.