Sliding Glass Patio Doors with and without Shutter

The goal is to better understand the interaction of hurricane and other strong wind events with non-structural components of residential structures. The objectives are: 1) to develop a new generation of a wireless pressure monitoring system; 2) to deploy the system in large to full-scale tests at the Wall of Wind (WoW); 3) to measure wind pressures on different non-structural components, for different wind speeds and directions; 4) to analyze field and laboratory data to validate and improve current wind loads recommendations and models for pressure distributions on building components.