Peak gust pressures acting on the roof and wall edges of a low-rise building

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 77-78, Issue , 1998, Pages 217-231

  Uematsu, Yasushi ^a   Isyumov, Nicholas ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESSURE; ROOFS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WIND TUNNELS;

WALL EDGES;

BUILDING COMPONENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; LOW RISE STRUCTURE; PRESSURE; ROOF;

EID: 0032173096     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(98)00145-7     Document Type: Article

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