OPTIMIZATION IN WIND ENGINEERING USING CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS FOR THE DESIGN OF PARAPET WALLS

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dc.contributor.advisorPhillips, Brian Men_US
dc.contributor.authorWhiteman, Michael Leeen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-22T06:40:20Z
dc.date.available2017-06-22T06:40:20Z
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.description.abstractWind-related hazards are becoming an increasing threat as vulnerable coastal locations within the United States continue to see steady population growth. The lack of a corresponding increase in evacuation route capacity means coastal cities will need to rely on shelter-in-place strategies. The significant loss of life and economic impact from windstorms coupled with the expected population increase in vulnerable areas accentuates the need to develop new economical approaches to design and construct buildings capable of surviving extreme wind events. This thesis investigates the use of cyber-physical systems to optimize the structural design of wind-sensitive structures. The proposed design framework combines the efficiency of numerically guided optimization algorithms with the accuracy of boundary layer wind tunnel testing. The focus of this thesis is the development and evaluation of a cyber-physical approach to wind engineering design and its application to the design of a parapet for a low-rise building.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2H009
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/19550
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCivil engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineeringen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledboundary layer wind tunnelen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCyber-physical systemsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledNHERIen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledoptimizationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledparapet wallen_US
dc.titleOPTIMIZATION IN WIND ENGINEERING USING CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS FOR THE DESIGN OF PARAPET WALLSen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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