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Analysis Of Design Wind Speed Distribution Of Taiwan Area, Jing-Jong Jang, Jeng-Ru Lee

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

This paper thoroughly examines the basic design wind speed according to wind loading of building codes in Taiwan. The first part of this study contains Chi-Square test and K-S (Kolmogorov Smirnov) test on four common wind speed probability distribution models. The data to be tested are sampled from the annual maximum 10-minute average wind speed recorded by 25 weather stations of Taiwan Central Weather Bureau during the period from 1951 to 1990. The Type I Extreme Value model is determined and recommended as the best wind speed probability distribution model for Taiwan area. This paper then explores the probability of …