Tornados
Tornados
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I keep thinking I am all grown up and know every kind of engineering, and then the humble gods come around and say: tornadoes.
So I've engineered high seismic (CA), high wind (FL), bad soil (CO), every kind of structure but ... nothing in Kansas, as it turns out. And suddenly am in a position of having to sound like I know what up. Is there anything specific to tornadoes that is structurally significantly different from other bad ass areas?
I mean, besides get in the basement and pray.
So I've engineered high seismic (CA), high wind (FL), bad soil (CO), every kind of structure but ... nothing in Kansas, as it turns out. And suddenly am in a position of having to sound like I know what up. Is there anything specific to tornadoes that is structurally significantly different from other bad ass areas?
I mean, besides get in the basement and pray.






RE: Tornados
Also the ICC has published ICC 500 - found here: ICC 500 link
The ICC is not free.
Basically tornadoes require higher wind speeds than hurricanes (possibly 250 mph vs. 150 mph) and also require projectile resistant walls and roofs.
The FEMA 361 document (which is really a guide, not a specification) provides a lot of background and is sort of an educational resource...probably want to start with that.
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RE: Tornados
http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML0036/ML003691207.pd...
http://codes.iccsafe.org/app/book/content/PDF/ICC%...
http://www.seakm.com/uploads/Joplin_Committee_Repo...
https://www.oksea.org/sites/osea/uploads/documents...
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RE: Tornados
Here's a fair description - http://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/outdoors...
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RE: Tornados
RE: Tornados