Wind loads on low building roofs: a stochastic perspective

Journal of structural engineering New York, N.Y.

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 944-956

  Kumar, K Suresh ^a,b   Stathopoulos, T ^b  

^a ROWAN WILLIAMS DAVIES AND IRWIN INC   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BUILDINGS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RANDOM PROCESSES; ROOFS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND STRESS; WIND TUNNELS;

GAUSSIAN PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS; LOW BUILDING ROOFS; WIND PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034250688     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2000)126:8(944)     Document Type: Article

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