Spectral density functions of wind pressures on various low building roof geometries

Wind and Structures, An International Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 203-223

  Kumar, K Suresh ^a,b   Stathopoulos, T ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buildings; Low rise; Roofs; Spectral density function; Wind pressures

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BUILDING COMPONENTS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WIND STRESS; WIND TUNNELS;

LOW BUILDING ROOF GEOMETRIES; SPECTRAL DENSITY FUNCTIONS;

ROOFS;

EID: 0032155399     PISSN: 12266116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/was.1998.1.3.203     Document Type: Article

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