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The array of large fans of the Wall of Wind test facility at Florida International University
Architecture NewsConstructionHousing

Full-Scale Hurricane Tests Show Where Manufactured Homes Fail and How Anchoring Saves Them

FIU's Wall of Wind tested FEMA manufactured homes on seven installation systems; weak anchoring and roof-to-wall joints failed, while robust anchoring held at...

Diagram comparing wind over a flat-roofed box with one large vortex at its edge and a wave-roofed box with small vortices
Architecture NewsConstruction

Wave-Shaped Walls and Roofs Cut Peak Wind Pressures on Low-Rise Buildings by Up to 60 Percent

Wind tunnel tests at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering found that deep, regular waves on a low building's walls and roof break up...

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