TY - BOOK ID - 149934007 TI - 5th European & African conference on wind engineering under the auspices of IAWE (International Association for Wind Engineering) : Florence Italy, July 19th- 23rd 2009 : conference proceedings AU - Borri, Claudio AU - European & African Conference on Wind Engineering PY - 2009 PB - Firenze : Firenze University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Wind-pressure KW - Structural engineering UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:149934007 AB - The 5th European-African Conference of Wind Engineering is hosted in Florence, Tuscany, the city and the region where, in the early 15th century, pioneers moved the first steps, laying down the foundation stones of Mechanics and Applied Sciences (including fluid mechanics). These origins are well reflected by the astonishing visionary and revolutionary studies of Leonardo Da Vinci, whose kaleidoscopic genius intended the human being to become able to fly even 500 years ago ... This is why the Organising Committee has decided to pay tribute to such a Genius by choosing Leonardo's "flying sphere" as the brand of 5th EACWE. ER -