Our Vision
Our vision is to be seen as the pre-eminent, independent authority on the effects of high wind and related damage to low-rise building systems in Australia, South East Asia and the Pacific.
Since 1977 the Cyclone Testing Station has been researching, testing and advising industry and governments on building practices which minimise loss and suffering as a result of severe wind events.We deliver quality testing and technical advice to manufacturers, building associations and governments, in the most efficient and cost effective way as well as continuing first class academic research.
We do this through the delivery of quality research programs, testing services, technical advice and educational programs to
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Assist in the development of effective building practices that lead to practical, durable and sustainable low-rise building outcomes;
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Improve safety in relation to and minimise loss and suffering as a result of severe wind events;
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Reduce and mitigate risk and costs to communities resulting from wind damage.
Led by our Research Director, we are in the forefront of engineering research into the wind effects on structures.The Station is renowned in the wind engineering community for its focus on wind loads and the structural response of low-rise structures, such as housing and industrial buildings.
We have a focus on addressing the more practical issues in our research programs.
Some of these topics include fatigue failure of cladding, timber truss hold against high wind uplift, ribbon plate construction, diaphragm action of walls, roofs and ceilings and corrosion of roof fixings. Our resources include the full scale house testing facility, a boundary layer wind tunnel, a dynamic loading airbox, two wind driven debris simulators (air cannons) and a structures laboratory.