Chasing Tornado Data to Engineer Better Buildings

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Students and researchers use Iowa Stateacutes TornadoMicroburst Simulator to study how wind storms affect buildings. (Iowa State University photo by Bob Elbert)
Students and researchers use Iowa State's Tornado/Microburst Simulator to study how wind storms affect buildings. (Iowa State University photo by Bob Elbert)

Iowa State University researchers and students will soon be chasing tornado data in the lab and across tornado alley. It’s all part of a research project designed to increase scientists’ basic understanding of wind storms and develop innovative ways to make homes and buildings stand up to tornadoes, microburst thunderstorms, hurricanes and gust fronts.


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