Tornado risks and design windspeeds for the Oak Ridge Plant Site

Technical Report · Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1975

OSTI ID:6136889

The effects of tornadoes and other extreme winds should be considered in establishing design criteria for structures to resist wind loads. Design standards that are incorporated in building codes do not normally include the effects of tornadoes in their wind load criteria. Some tornado risk models ignore the presence of nontornadic extreme winds. The purpose of this study is to determine the probability of tornadic and straight winds exceeding a threshold value in the geographical region surrounding the Oak Ridge, Tennessee plant site.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant, TN (USA); Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 6136889
• Report Number(s): K-BD-1059-Pt.2; ON: DE81028583
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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