Comparison of numerical simulations and full-scale measurements of snowdrifts around buildings

Wind and Structures, An International Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 73-81

  Thiis, Thomas K ^a  

^a Narvik Institute of Technology   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; SNOW; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY; WIND EFFECTS;

DRIFT FLUX MODEL; SNOWDRIFTS;

SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0034207757     PISSN: 12266116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/was.2000.3.2.073     Document Type: Article

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