The series of Workshops on Regional Harmonization of Wind Loading and Wind Environmental Specifications in Asia-Pacific Economies (APEC-WW) was once initiated by Prof Yukio Tamura and financially supported by the 21st Century COE Program of Tokyo Polytechnic University. APEC-WW provides a stimulating and constructive forum for researchers and engineers specializing in wind loading and wind environment problems. From 2004 to 2012, seven APEC-WW meetings were held in seven different APEC cities. APEC-WW2004 in Atsugi/Japan, APEC-WW2005 in Hong Kong/China, APEC-WW2005 in Roorkee/India, APEC-WW 2006 in Shanghai/China, APEC-WW2009 in Taiwan, APEC-WW2010 in Gangwondo/ Korea and APEC-WW2012 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Starting from 2009, the APEC-WW has been resumed with the support of the Global COE Program of Tokyo Polytechnic University. At each APEC-WW, all the APEC-WW members are invited to report on their activities and results of Benchmark tests. Resolutions for the wind load group and the wind environment group are made individually after thorough face to face discussions on problems related to current wind standards/codes/bylaws/specifications.

 

The missions of APEC-WW are:

 

1. To harmonize structural loading standards/codes in the APEC area
2. To harmonize bylaws/specifications on wind environmental problems in the APEC area

 

This coming APEC-WW8 will co-organizes by Universiti Malaysia Pahang and Chongqing University in collaboration with the Joint Usage Research Centre, Wind Engineering Research Center of Tokyo Polytechnic University. Due to the Pandemic situation, this workshop will conduct in a virtual meeting. Specifically, the 8th APEC-WW, in succession with previous meetings, aims to provide a forum to exchange information on the current status of wind loading standards/codes and to improve individual standards.