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Chris Letchford

Professor and Department Head

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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School of Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Chris Letchford is currently serving as a Civil And Environmental Engineering Professor and Department Head at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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civil engineering wind engineering aerodynamics meteorology structural engineering aerospace engineering engineering structures building engineering engineering architecture fluid dynamics fluid mechanics high-rise buildings fluid flow structural safety wind energy technology storm surge structural mechanics structural testing natural hazards environmental fluid mechanics natural disasters boundary layers computational fluid dynamics turbulence modeling numerical simulations atmospheric research offshore mechanics weather disaster building performance shock waves hydrometeorology unsteady flows geophysical research vortex dynamics wind loads vibration control building science extreme weather flow physics structural vibrations impact (mechanics) building design disaster risk science climate disasters atmospheric hazards debris flows marine meteorology applied meteorology automotive aerodynamics vortex induced vibration wind-assisted propulsion weather forecasting building technology aerostructure climate change impact gust wind speed joint wind united states wind tunnel study physical modeling hydrodynamic stability compressible flows green roofs coastal flooding wave motion climate change scenarios proper orthogonal decomposition cubical model single-celled tornado-like vortex texas tech building aerodynamic forces tall buildings asce 7 drag coefficient pressure distribution aircraft

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A Framework for Post-Windstorm Functional Recovery of Non-Residential Buildings Applied to Hospitals. Reliability Engineering & System Safety (2024)

Ali MerhiBrandon AndowHector CruzadoChris LetchfordFrank Lombardo

civil engineeringpost-windstorm functional recoverybuilding engineeringnon-residential buildingsarchitecturehigh-rise buildingsresilient buildingsbuilding performanceconstruction managementbuilt environmentrecoveryemergency medicine

Extreme Wind Climatology of Nepal and Northern India. Wind and Structures, An International Journal (2023)

Manoj AdhikariChristopher W. Letchford

meteorologyatmospheric researchextreme wind climatologyclimatic changeatmospheric sciencegeographymeteorological measurementsclimatology

Computational Method in Database-Assisted Design for Wind Engineering With Varying Performance Objectives. Wind and Structures (2021)

Ali MerhiChris W. Letchford

engineering structurescivil engineeringoffshore wind powerengineeringwind engineeringoffshore structureswind powerwind energy technologygust wind speedaerodynamicsdatabase-assisted design

Energetic Scales in a Bluff Body Shear Layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2019)

D. M. MooreC. W. LetchfordM. Amitay

numerical simulationsfluid sciencefluid dynamicsmechanical engineeringboundary layersturbulence modelingbluff bodyfluid mechanicsfluid flowunsteady flowsaerospace engineeringvarious instabilitiesturbulent flow heat transferenergetic scalesmechanicsaerodynamicshydrodynamic stability

Transitional Shear Layers on Rectangular Sections. Lecture notes in civil engineering (2019)

D. M. MooreC. W. LetchfordM. Amitay

engineering structuresboundary layersfluid flowstructural mechanicsplate boundariesdeformationtransitional shear layersmechanicsmechanical engineering

Current Standards for Wind-Borne Debris Testing and Protection. American Society of Civil Engineers eBooks (2018)

Chris Letchford

nondestructive testingstructural engineeringengineering structuressystems engineeringcivil engineeringbuilding engineeringnatural hazardsbomb damage assessmentwind-borne debris testingstructural safetycurrent standardsbuilding performancedebris impactbuilding pathologysystem safetysafetystructural testingsafety engineering

Multivariate Simulation for Assessing the Joint Wind and Ice Hazard in the United States. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics (2018)

Hung Nguyen SinhFranklin T. LombardoChris Letchford

meteorologyextreme weathermultivariate simulationatmospheric hazardsjoint windnatural hazardsclimate modelsunited statesearth sciencegeographydisaster risk science

Scaling of Square-Prism Shear Layers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2018)

D. C. LanderD. M. MooreC. W. LetchfordM. Amitay

shear layerfluid dynamicsmechanical engineeringboundary layersengineeringfluid mechanicsfluid flowunsteady flowscomputational fluid dynamicscircular cylinderlength scalemechanicsaerodynamicshydrodynamic stability

Separated Shear Layer Characteristics of Rectangular Sections. 2018 Fluid Dynamics Conference (2018)

Daniel M. MooreMichael Amitay

boundary layersshear layer characteristicsfluid flowstructural safetystructural mechanicsmechanicsmechanical engineering

Characterization of the Transition of Separated Shear Layers on 2D Rectangular Prisms. Bulletin of the American Physical Society (2017)

Daniel MooreChris LetchfordMichael Amitay

fluid dynamicsboundary layersseparated shear layersrectangular prismsengineeringfluid mechanicsshear zonesmechanicsmechanical engineering

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Chris Letchford

Professor and Department Head

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Affiliations

School of Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Chris Letchford is currently serving as a Civil And Environmental Engineering Professor and Department Head at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Honors

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Experiences

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Chris Letchford

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Professor and Department Head

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

A Framework for Post-Windstorm Functional Recovery of Non-Residential Buildings Applied to Hospitals. Reliability Engineering & System Safety (2024)

Ali MerhiBrandon AndowHector CruzadoChris LetchfordFrank Lombardo

Extreme Wind Climatology of Nepal and Northern India. Wind and Structures, An International Journal (2023)

Manoj AdhikariChristopher W. Letchford

meteorologyatmospheric researchextreme wind climatologyclimatic changeatmospheric sciencegeographymeteorological measurementsclimatology

Computational Method in Database-Assisted Design for Wind Engineering With Varying Performance Objectives. Wind and Structures (2021)

Ali MerhiChris W. Letchford

engineering structurescivil engineeringoffshore wind powerengineeringwind engineeringoffshore structureswind powerwind energy technologygust wind speedaerodynamicsdatabase-assisted design

Energetic Scales in a Bluff Body Shear Layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2019)

D. M. MooreC. W. LetchfordM. Amitay

Transitional Shear Layers on Rectangular Sections. Lecture notes in civil engineering (2019)

D. M. MooreC. W. LetchfordM. Amitay

engineering structuresboundary layersfluid flowstructural mechanicsplate boundariesdeformationtransitional shear layersmechanicsmechanical engineering

Current Standards for Wind-Borne Debris Testing and Protection. American Society of Civil Engineers eBooks (2018)

Chris Letchford

Multivariate Simulation for Assessing the Joint Wind and Ice Hazard in the United States. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics (2018)

Hung Nguyen SinhFranklin T. LombardoChris Letchford

meteorologyextreme weathermultivariate simulationatmospheric hazardsjoint windnatural hazardsclimate modelsunited statesearth sciencegeographydisaster risk science

Scaling of Square-Prism Shear Layers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2018)

D. C. LanderD. M. MooreC. W. LetchfordM. Amitay

Separated Shear Layer Characteristics of Rectangular Sections. 2018 Fluid Dynamics Conference (2018)

Daniel M. MooreMichael Amitay

boundary layersshear layer characteristicsfluid flowstructural safetystructural mechanicsmechanicsmechanical engineering

Characterization of the Transition of Separated Shear Layers on 2D Rectangular Prisms. Bulletin of the American Physical Society (2017)

Daniel MooreChris LetchfordMichael Amitay

fluid dynamicsboundary layersseparated shear layersrectangular prismsengineeringfluid mechanicsshear zonesmechanicsmechanical engineering

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