Impingement of rain drops on a tall building

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 2399-2412

  Etyemezian, V ^a,c   Davidson, C I ^a   Zufall, M ^a   Dai, W ^a,d   Finger, S ^a   Striegel, M ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Natl Ctr Preservation Technol T   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Trinity Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Buildings; CFD; Driving rain; Soiling

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EROSION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LIMESTONE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE; WIND;

LIMESTONE BUILDINGS; LOCAL EFFECT FACTORS (LEF); RAIN IMPINGEMENT;

RAIN;

LIMESTONE; RAIN;

BUILDING; MICROMETEOROLOGY; RAINDROP;

ACID RAIN; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BUILDING; EROSION; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; VELOCITY; WIND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034112452     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00443-4     Document Type: Article

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