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- Title
HURRICANE AND TORNADO SIMULATIONS.
- Abstract
The article discusses the development of a hurricane stimulator by scientists at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, which will help them in studying the damage caused by storms to structures. The device consists of five-foot-tall industrial fans connected to four marine diesel engines and a 5,000-gallon tank of water that cools the engines. The device can create storms equivalent in strength to Category 3 storms and produce rainfall of up to 35 inches per hour. According to Forrest Masters, a researcher who led the project, it will help in assessing how residential buildings are affected by hurricanes and tornadoes.
- Subjects
HURRICANE research; SIMULATION methods &; models; EFFECT of natural disasters on buildings; RAIN-making; MASTERS, Forrest; TORNADOES; RAINFALL simulators; TORNADO-structure interaction; STORMS; EQUIPMENT &; supplies
- Publication
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2007, Vol 88, Issue 9, p1345
- ISSN
0003-0007
- Publication type
Article