An empirical model of a downburst

Engineering Structures

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1167-1172

  Holmes, J D ^b   Oliver, S E ^a  

^a Weather Solutions Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b JDH Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

Downburst; Thunderstorm; Wind load

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTRIC TOWERS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THUNDERSTORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

DOWNBURST;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

THUNDERSTORM; WIND ENGINEERING; WIND LOAD;

EID: 0034045008     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0296(99)00058-9     Document Type: Article

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