Dr David Henderson

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Dr David Henderson

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Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events
This study identified vulnerable legacy house types across Australia and developed cost-effective retrofits for mitigation damage during windstorms. These evidence-based strategies will aid policy formation and decision making by Government and industry, and provide guidelines detailing various options and benefits to homeowners and the industry for retrofitting typical at-risk houses in Australia. The final report presents an overview of the research approach used for this project including the selection of house types, the development of the Vulnerability and Adaptation to Wind Simulation software and the Internet-based guidelines, Weather the Storm.
Research team:
medwards, mwehner, gboughton, dasmith, jholmes, kparackal, hryu

Supervisory roles

Project Student
The structural response and progressive failure of batten to rafter connections under wind loads kparackal
Wind induced internal pressures in industrial buildings mhumphreys
Wind induced damage to a legacy house, TC Yasi.
03/2021
Report
Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events - f...
Ginger,J.,Parackal,K.,Henderson,D.,Wehner,M.,Ryu,H.,Edwards,M.
Damage due to Cyclone Debbie. Photo: Cyclone Testing Station
09/2020
Report
Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events: an...
Parackal,K.,Wehner,M.,Ginger,J.,Ryu,H.,Henderson,D.,Edwards,M.
Cyclone damage in Queensland.
05/2020
Journal Article
Progressive failures of batten to rafter connections under fluctuating...
Parackal,K.,Ginger,J.,Henderson,D.
Adelaide floods. Source: SA SES Flickr
06/2019
Report
Rainwater ingress through residential sliding doors
Parackal,K.,Ginger,J.,Leblais,A.,Henderson,D.
Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Texas, USA. Photo: Daniel Smith.
12/2019
Report
Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events - a...
Ginger,J.,Parackal,K.,Wehner,M.,Ryu,H.,Henderson,D.,Edwards,M.
Damage to houses after a cyclone has past through in Queensland, 2009.
12/2019
Report
Model for assessing the vulnerability of Australian housing to windsto...
Parackal,K.,Wehner,M.,Ryu,H.,Ginger,J.,Henderson,D.,Edwards,M.
Cyclone damage in Queensland 2009
04/2019
Report
Analysis of damage surveys of houses and preliminary input of VAWs
Henderson,D.,Smith,D.,Parackal,K.,Ginger,J.
Cyclone Yasi roof damage. Photo: Cyclone Testing Station, James Cook University
06/2019
Report
Retrofitting of a high-set Queensland house for wind loading
Parackal,K.,Ginger,J.,Wehner,M.,Henderson,D.
Roof of a building damaged by a severe wind event. Photo: James Cook University Cyclone Testing Station.
12/2019
Report
Community benefits of roof upgrades
Parackal,K.,Ginger,J.,Henderson,D.,Wehner,M.
Roof structure of a house under construction. Photo: David Henderson
03/2019
Report
Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events in...
Henderson,D.,Ginger,J.,Smith,D.,Wehner,M.,Ryu,H.,Edwards,M.
Delegates at AFAC19, Melbourne.
12/2019
Conference Paper
Modelling the vulnerability of a high-set house roof structure to wind...
Parackal,K.,Wehner,M.,Ryu,H.,Ginger,J.,Smith,D.,Henderson,D.,Edwards,M.
Damage from cyclone Debbie. Photo: Cyclone Testing Station, James Cook University
04/2019
Journal Article
Internal pressures in a full-scale test enclosure with windward wall o...
Humphreys,M.,Ginger,J.,Henderson,D.
12/2018
Report
Simulated wind load strength testing of entrance doors
Leblais,A.,Henderson,D.
09/2018
Conference Paper
Large damage bills to buildings from cyclones can be reduced by small...
Henderson,D.,Smith,D.,Ginger,J.
Photo credit: Cyclone Testing Station, James Cook University
04/2018
Journal Article
Distribution of wind loads in metal-clad roofing structures
Jayasinghe,N.,Ginger,J.,Henderson,D.,Walker,G.
Wind damage to roof from cyclone Ului in Queensland, 2010.
09/2018
Journal Article
Fragility and climate impact assessment of contemporary housing roof s...
Stewart,M.,Ginger,J.,Henderson,D.,Ryan,P.
12/2018
Report
Simulated wind load strength testing of soffits
Leblais,A.,Henderson,D.
02/2018
Journal Article
Wind load fluctuations on roof batten to rafter/truss connections
Parackal,K.,Ginger,J.,Henderson,D.
Photo credit: Cyclone Testing Station, James Cook University
10/2017
Journal Article
Analysis of rapid damage assessment data following severe windstorm ev...
Smith,D.,Krupar,R.,Henderson,D.,Mason,M.S.
03/2017
Report
Severe wind hazard preliminary assessment: Tropical Cyclone Debbie, Wh...
Kloetzke,T.,Parackal,K.,Smith,D.J.,Krupar,R.,Leblais,A.,Humphreys,M.,Spassiani,A.,Mason,M.S.,Roueche,D.,Prevatt,D.O.,Henderson,D.,Boughton,G.N.
04/2017
Journal Article
Development of a full-scale structural testing program to evaluate the...
Boughton,G.N.,Parackal,K.,Satheeskumar,N.,Henderson,D.
06/2017
Report
Tropical Cyclone Debbie: damage to buildings in the Whitsunday Region
Boughton,G.N.,Falck,D.J.,Henderson,D.,Smith,D.J.,Parackal,K.,Kloetzke,T.,Mason,M.S.,Humphreys,M.,Navaratnam,S.,Bodhinayake,G.,Ingham,S.,Ginger,J.
05/2017
Conference Paper
Load sharing between batten to rafter connections under wind loading
Parackal,K.,Ginger,J.,Smith,D.J.,Henderson,D.
06/2017
Report
Testing of simulated flood effect on the strength of selected building...
Maqsood,T.,Wehner,M.,Edwards,M.,Ingham,S.,Henderson,D.
09/2017
Report
Improving the resilience of housing to severe wind events: annual proj...
Henderson,D.,Smith,D.,Ginger,J.,Wehner,M.,Ryu,H.,Edwards,M.
08/2016
Conference Paper
Building community cyclone resilience through academic and community p...
Harwood,J.,Smith,D.J.,Henderson,D.
07/2016
Conference Paper
Correlation of peak wind loads at batten-truss connections
Parackal,K.,Ginger,J.,Henderson,D.
12/2016
Conference Paper
Correlation of peak wind loads at batten-truss connections
Parackal,K.,Ginger,J.,Henderson,D.
07/2016
Journal Article
Towards effective mitigation strategies for severe wind events
Smith,D.,McShane,C.,Swinbourne,A.,Henderson,D.
09/2016
Report
Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events: An...
Smith,D.,Henderson,D.,Ginger,J.,Wehner,M.,Ryu,H.,Edwards,M.
Photo credit: Cyclone Testing Station, James Cook University
09/2016
Journal Article
Wind loads on contemporary Australian housing
Parackal,K.,Humphreys,M.,Ginger,J.,Henderson,D.
02/2016
Journal Article
Wind uplift strength capacity variation in roof-to-wall connections of...
Satheeskumar,N.,Henderson,D.,Ginger,J.,Wang,C.H.
02/2015
Conference Paper
Improving the Resilience of Existing Housing to Severe Wind Events Con...
Henderson,D.,Ginger,J.
02/11/2015
Report
Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events: An...
Smith,D.,Henderson,D.,Ginger,J.,Wehner,M.
Report
Improving the Resilience of Existing Housing to Severe Wind Events Ann...
Henderson,D.
Conference Paper
Investigation of damage: Brisbane 27 November 2014 sever storm event -...
Parackal,K.,Mason,M.S.,Henderson,D.,Smith,D.J.,Ginger,J.
Journal Article
Modelling cyclone loss mitigation using claims analysis
Smith,D.,Henderson,D.,Terza,L.M.
Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events
25 Aug 2014
Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events
Typically, older houses do not offer the same level of performance and protection during windstorms...

Resources credited

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Presentation-Slideshow 27 Aug 2019 Improving the Resilience of Existing Housing to Severe Wind Events PDF icon Save (3.51 MB) severe weather
Presentation-Slideshow 19 Sep 2018 Large damage bills (to buildings) from cyclones can be reduced by small actions PDF icon Save (6.95 MB) cyclone, resilience
Presentation-Slideshow 07 Sep 2017 Analysis of rapid damage assessment data following severe windstorm events PDF icon Save (3.31 MB) cyclone, engineering, severe weather
HazardNoteEdition 30 Jan 2017 Strengthening infrastructure for natural hazard impacts PDF icon Save (358.94 KB) earthquake, engineering, mitigation
Presentation-Slideshow 24 Oct 2016 Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events PDF icon Save (6.56 MB) cyclone, engineering, resilience
Presentation-Slideshow 01 Sep 2016 Are our homes and buildings failing us? - David Henderson PDF icon Save (8.26 MB) cyclone, engineering, severe weather
Presentation-Slideshow 02 Sep 2015 Investigation of Damage Severe Storm Event in Brisbane on 27 November 2014 PDF icon Save (3.05 MB) cyclone, engineering, infrastructure
External Resource 19 Jun 2015 TC Marcia Rapid Assessment Report PDF icon Save (1.07 MB) cyclone, engineering
External Resource 19 Jun 2015 TC Nathan Rapid Assessment Report PDF icon Save (2.42 MB) cyclone, engineering
External Resource 19 Jun 2015 Tropical Cyclone Olwyn Rapid Damage Assessment PDF icon Save (790.15 KB) cyclone, engineering
Presentation-Slideshow 13 Feb 2015 Improving the Resilience of Existing Housing to Severe Wind Events PDF icon Save (1.8 MB) cyclone, engineering, mitigation

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