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Comparative Study Between Poland and South Africa Wind Climates, the
Related Damage and Implications of Adopting the Eurocode for Wind
Action on Buildings
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A. Goliger PhD.1 / J. Żuranski PhD. DSc.2 / Prof. M. Giżejowski PhD. DSc. / M. Gaczek PhD.3 / J. Retief PhD.4 / A.
Kruger PhD5 / P. Dunaiski6 / S. Fiszer MSc.3 / M. Ćwik MSc.7
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Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa
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Professor at the Building Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland
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Professor at Stellenbosch University, South Africa
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South African Weather Service, Pretoria, South Africa
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deceased, formerly Professor at Stellenbosch University, South Africa
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PhD Student, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
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Citation Information: Archives of Civil Engineering. Volume 59, Issue 1, Pages 51–95, ISSN (Print) 1230-2945,
Issue 2 (Jun 2013) , pp. 157- DOI: 10.2478/ace-2013-0003, May 2013
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VOLUME 58 (2012) Wind constitutes one of the major environmental factors affecting the design and performance of built environment. Each
country has its unique climatic wind conditions, and the way in which these are considered and implemented in the
Issue 4 (Dec 2012) , pp. structural design, is important. An implementation or adoption of any new engineering design stipulations introduces a
409-534 formidable challenge to the developers of the standards and the design profession. This has been experienced in some
of the countries (e.g. the UK, Australia and the USA), where processes of modernising the outdated codification took
Issue 3 (Sep 2012) , pp.
place in the past. Although both Poland and South Africa are currently at the early implementation stage of the new wind
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loading design stipulations, there is a major difference between the circumstances of the two countries. Poland, as an
Issue 2 (Jun 2012) , pp. 135- EU member state, has a compulsory obligation to adopt the new uniform standarisation requirements, within a stipulated
239 time-frame. The South African code developers, after a thorough investigation process which will be highlighted in the
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