An investigation into the attenuation of wind speed by the use of windbreaks in the vicinity of overhead wires

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 173-182

  Scanion, T J ^a   Stickland, M T ^a   Oldroyd, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Galloping; Shelterbelt; Trees; Wind tunnel; Windbreak

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

OVERHEAD WIRES; WIND SPEED; WINDBREAKS;

OVERHEAD LINES;

EID: 0034541596     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954409001531298     Document Type: Article

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