doi: 10.7763/IJESD.2012.V3.227
The Annual Maximum Wind Speed at Pisa Airport in Italy
P. Chiou1
,
W. Miao2 ,
T. C. Ho3
- 1the Department of Mathematics, Lamar University, Box 10047, Beaumont, TX 77710, USA
- 2the Department of Mathematics, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 19041, USA
- 3the Department of Chemical Engineering, Lamar University, Box 10053, Beaumont, TX 77710, USA
Abstract
Structural engineers use the extreme or fastest values of wind speed with return periods such as 25 years for structures having no human occupants or where there is a negligible risk to human life, 50 years for most permanent structures, and 100 years for structures with an unusually high degree of hazard of life and property in case of failure. The data of 41 annual maximum 10-minute average wind speeds at Pisa Airport in Italy from 1951 to 1991 were analyzed and modeled. Three extreme value models for the data were considered and compared. Subsequently, the required design value with a given return period of exceedance was obtained.
Keywords
- Anderson-Darling test
- design value
- Frechet distribution
- general extreme value distribution
- goodness-of-fit
- Gumbel distribution
- Kolmogorov-Smirnov test
- return period
How to Cite
P. Chiou, W. Miao, and T. C. Ho, "The Annual Maximum Wind Speed at Pisa Airport in Italy," International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 258-262, 2012. https://doi.org/10.7763/IJESD.2012.V3.227
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