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- ItemWind Engineering Science and its role in optimising the design of the built environment(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03) Goliger, Adam Mikolaj W.; Retief, Johan V.; Viljoen, Celeste; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Civil Engineering.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Wind Engineering and Building Aerodynamics constitutes a relatively recent technical science (spanning the last sixty years or so), which integrates three principal domains and the related pools of knowledge – namely wind physics and statistics, the wind’s action on the built environment and analyses of its consequences (e.g. loading, deformation or damage). The overarching aim and reason for the science is to gain an understanding and to quantify a largely unpredictable stochastic weather phenomenon and its effects on the built environment, including people. The information which is derived permits the researcher to proliferate and implement modern findings, mainly in the structural engineering but also environmental and architectural design domains. This dissertation presents an overview of wind-engineering research activities and outputs of the author, which span more than thirty years of his professional career. During that time the author has been privileged to work and interact with a number of prominent wind-engineering experts and has been exposed to a diverse spectrum of research topics and studies. These involved wind-tunnel modelling, scientific analyses of wind damage and disasters, full-scale measurements, development of predictive models, design guides and standards, as well as consulting inputs to the industry. Apart from personal research, the author was involved in a number of local and international activities, committees, conferences, lectures, presentations, and has provided editorial inputs to journals and conferences, as well as co-supervisions of postgraduate studies. Extensive referencing is made to a range of published outputs. Furthermore, technically challenging and unpublished information of scientific significance is highlighted. The benefits of a comprehensive and multifaceted research process, involving a team of committed and talented people, are demonstrated.