Selected Publications

Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • Wang, J., Huo, S., Sterling, M., Haan, F.L. and Kopp, G.A., 2022. A review of methods for determining wind loads on buildings in tornadoes, part I: tornado wind fields. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. (Under review)
  • Wang, J., Huo, S., Sterling, M., Haan, F.L. and Kopp, G.A., 2022. A review of methods for determining wind loads on buildings in tornadoes, part II: tornado loads. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. (Under review)
  • Huo, S., Wang, J., Haan, F.L., Kopp, G.A. and Sterling, M., 2022. A Study of the Effects of Tornado Translation on Wind Loading Using a Potential Flow Model. Frontiers in Built Environment, p.41. 
  • Wang, J. and Kopp, G.A., 2021. Gust effect factors for windward walls of rigid buildings with various aspect ratios. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 212, p.104603.
  • Wang, J. and Cao, S., 2021. Characteristics of tornado wind loads and examinations of tornado wind load provisions in ASCE 7–16. Engineering Structures, 241, p.112451.
  • Wang, J. and Kopp, G.A., 2021. Comparisons of Aerodynamic Data with the Main Wind Force–Resisting System Provisions of ASCE 7-16. I: Low-rise Buildings. Journal of Structural Engineering, 147(3), p.04020347. 
  • Wang, J. and Kopp, G.A., 2021. Comparisons of Aerodynamic Data with the Main Wind Force–Resisting System Provisions of ASCE 7-16. II: Mid-and High-Rise Buildings. Journal of Structural Engineering, 147(3), p.04020348. 
  • Shang, J., Zhou, Q., Liao, H., Larsen, A., Wang, J. and Li, M., 2020. Numerical study of wake and aerodynamic forces on a twin-box bridge deck with different gap ratios. Wind and Structures, 30(4), pp.367-378.
  • Wang, J., Pang, W., Cao, S., Zhou, Q. and Liao, H., 2019. Fragility analysis of the roof structure of low-rise buildings subjected to tornado vortices. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 189, pp.45-55. 
  • Wang, J., Cao, S., Pang, W. and Cao, J., 2018. Experimental Study on Tornado-induced Wind Pressures on a Cubic Building with Openings. Journal of Structural Engineering, 144(2), p.04017206. 
  • Sabareesh, G.R., Cao, S., Wang, J., Matsui, M. and Tamura, Y., 2018. Effect of building proximity on external and internal pressures under tornado-like flow. Wind and Structures, 26(3), pp.163-177.
  • Wang, J., Cao, S., Pang, W. and Cao, J., 2017. Experimental Study on Effects of Ground Roughness on Flow Characteristics of Tornado-like Vortices. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, pp.1-21. 
  • Wang, J., Cao, S., Pang, W., Cao, J. and Zhao, L., 2016. Wind-load Characteristics of a Cooling Tower Exposed to a Translating Tornado-like Vortex. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 158, pp.26-36. 
  • Cao, S., Wang, J. and Cao, J., 2016. Characteristics of Wind Pressures on a Cooling Tower Exposed to Stationary and Translating Tornadoes with Swirl Ratio 0.54. Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, 19(3), pp.285-292.
  • Cao, S., Wang, J., Cao, J., Zhao, L. and Chen, X., 2015. Experimental Study of Wind Pressures Acting on a Cooling Tower Exposed to Stationary Tornado-like Vortices. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 145, pp.75-86. 
  • Wang, J., Zhou, Q., Cao, S. and Cao, J., 2014. Physical Study on Tornado-like Flow based on the Tornado Vortex Simulator. Journal of Tongji University, 42(11), pp. 1654-1659.
  • Cao, S. and Wang, J., 2013. Statistical Summary and Case Studies of Strong Wind Damage in China. Journal of Disaster Research, 8(6), pp.1096-1102.

Conference Papers

  • Wang, J. and Kopp, G.A., 2022. Advancing the ASCE 7 MWFRS Wind Provisions: Consolidating Chapters 27 & 28, Structures Congress 2022. April 20-23, 2022. Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 
  • Wang, J. and Kopp, G.A., 2021. Examination of gust effect factor for side walls of rigid low-, mid- and high-rise buildings, 6th American Association for Wind Engineering Workshop (online). Clemson University, USA. 
  • Wang, J. and Kopp, G.A., 2020. Pressure coefficients for mid- and high-rise buildings with different aspect ratios, 9th International Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics and Applications. University of Birmingham, UK. 
  • Cao, S., Wang, M., Cao, J. and Wang, J., 2020. Physical and Numerical Modelling of Tornado-like Vortices for Wind Engineering Applications, The 2020 World Congress on Advances in Civil, Environmental, & Materials Research (ACEM20), Seoul, Korea. 
  • Wang, J. and Kopp, G.A., 2019. Aerodynamics of low-rise buildings and comparisons with ASCE 7-16, 15th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Beijing, China. 
  • Wang, J., Pang, W. and Cao, S., 2018. Fragility analysis of the roof structure of low-rise buildings subjected to tornado vortices, International Workshop on Wind-Related Disasters and Mitigation, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. 
  • Wang, J., Pang, W., Cao, S. and Fan, F., 2017. A 3D Tornado Wind Field Model for Multiple-cell Tornado Vortex, 13th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 
  • Fan, F., Pang, W., Wang, J. and Cao, S., 2017. Stochastic Simulation of Tornado Tracks for Risk Assessment, 12th International Conference on Structural Safety & Reliability, Austria.
  • Wang, J., Cao, S., Pang, W. and Fan, F., 2016. Experimental Study on Tornado-induced Wind Pressures on a Low-rise Building, 8th International Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics and Applications, Boston, USA. 
  • Wang, J., Pang, W., Cao, S. and Fan, F., 2016. Development of a 3D Tornado Wind Field Model, 8th International Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics and Applications, Boston, USA. 
  • Wang, J., Cao, S., Pang, W., Cao, J. and Zhao, L., 2015. The Effects of Ground Roughness on the Characteristics of Tornado-like Vortices, 14th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Brazil.
  • Wang, J., Cao, S. and Zhu, J., 2015. Effects of Surface Roughness on Tornado-like Flow, 17th Wind Engineering Conference in China, Wuhan, China.
  • Wang, J., Cao, S. and Cao, J., 2014. Characteristics of Wind Loads on a Cooling Tower Exposed to the Tornado-like Flow, The 2014 World Congress on Advances in Civil, Environmental, Materials Research(ACEM14), South Korea. 
  • Wang, J., Cao, S., Zhou, Q. and Cao, J., 2013. Experimental Simulation of Tornado-like Vortices, 16th Wind Engineering Conference in China, Chengdu, China.