Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

...à 10 mètres sur une période de retour de 500 ans

English translation:

3-second gust wind (speeds) at 10 meters on a recurrence interval/return period of 500 years

Added to glossary by Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
Aug 3, 2006 04:54
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French term

...à 10 mètres sur une période de retour de 500 ans

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C’est le cas a priori pour l’usine XXXXXXX(voir JO n° 7927 du 26 janvier 2006 qui parle de vent avec une vitesse de 285 km/h – rafales 3 secondes à 10 mètres sur une période de retour de 500 ans). Ces prescriptions prévalent pour les ouvrages concernés.

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3-second gust wind (speeds) at 10 meters on a recurrence interval/return period of 500 years

MITIGATION ASSESSMENT TEAM REPORT Hurricane Ivan in Alabama and ...An assessment to determine the recurrence interval of Hurricane Ivan was performed ... Estimated Maximum 3-Second Gust Wind Speeds at 10-Meters for MAT ...
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[PDF] WIND CODE EVALUATION FORM - COLOMBIAFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
The basic wind speed in this norm is defined according to ASCE 7-95. It is. defined as the 50-year mean recurrence interval of the 3-second gust wind ...
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Extreme Wind Speeds: SoftwareThe return interval (or mean recurrence interval) of a given wind speed, in years, is defined as the inverse of the probability that the wind speed will be ...
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Peaks Over Threshold PlotFor example, we could extract the maximum wind speed for each year and then ... the wind speed corresponding to a mean recurrence interval of 50 years. ...
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Wind Actions to AS/NZS 1170.2:2002These are 3-second gust wind speeds appropriate to the region in which the structure is to be constructed, where R (average recurrence interval) is the ...
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Peer comment(s):

agree Bourth (X) : return period. Modelling on other usages (floods, rain, etc.) you could prob. put "500-year wind gust event" in parentheses.
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agree nnaemeka Odimegwu
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...at a height of 10 metres once every 500 years

Wind speed measured at 10 m above the ground, 285 km/h expected once every every 500 years

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-08-03 06:43:05 GMT)
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Peer comment(s):

agree Rob Grayson
2 hrs
agree Patrice
22 hrs
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at 10 metres on a 500-year cycle

it doesn't say whether 10m is height or distance
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