An engineering analysis: mobile homes in windstorms.

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Vann, W. Pennington

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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1978Description: 155pReport number: PB-285-161/6SLSubject: The central objectives of this report are to clarify and to describe behavior of mobile homes in windstorms from an engineering standpoint, and to assess the windstorm hazard to mobile homes in a way that will help in providing instructions to the public regarding the protection of life and property from extreme winds. The first step in the plan of the report is to discuss those windstorm characteristics that are related to mobile home damage. A hazard assessment for each of the three basic types of storms (tornadoes, hurricanes and straight line winds) is presented along with the wind damage mechanisms that are expected. The next section examines mobile home damage experience from two different perspectives - a statistical summary of past damage, and post-storm damage investigations. Finally a detailed engineering analysis of wind damage factors for mobile homes is presented, including the effects of windspeed magnitude, construction features, terrain roughness and shielding, set-up orientation, skirting, and foundation and anchorage systems .550.

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The central objectives of this report are to clarify and to describe behavior of mobile homes in windstorms from an engineering standpoint, and to assess the windstorm hazard to mobile homes in a way that will help in providing instructions to the public regarding the protection of life and property from extreme winds. The first step in the plan of the report is to discuss those windstorm characteristics that are related to mobile home damage. A hazard assessment for each of the three basic types of storms (tornadoes, hurricanes and straight line winds) is presented along with the wind damage mechanisms that are expected. The next section examines mobile home damage experience from two different perspectives - a statistical summary of past damage, and post-storm damage investigations. Finally a detailed engineering analysis of wind damage factors for mobile homes is presented, including the effects of windspeed magnitude, construction features, terrain roughness and shielding, set-up orientation, skirting, and foundation and anchorage systems .550.

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