Fluctuating and mean pressure measurements on a stadium covering in wind tunnel

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 321-328

  Marighetti, J ^a   Wittwer, A ^a   De Bortoli, M ^a   Natalini, B ^a   Paluch, M ^a   Natalini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Mean pressure; Surface pressure distribution; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; STADIUMS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EXTREME VALUE METHOD; MEAN PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS; QUASI STATIC METHODS;

WIND TUNNELS;

PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; WIND TUNNEL MODELING;

EID: 0034143447     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(99)00111-7     Document Type: Article

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