Influence of incident wind turbulence on pressure fluctuations near flat-roof corners

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 403-420

  Wu, F ^a   Sarkar, P P ^b   Mehta, K C ^c   Zhao, Z ^c  

^a EQE International   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Conical vortices; Flat roof corner; Full scale experiment; Incident wind angles; Pressure fluctuations; Suctions; Wind turbulence

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

INCIDENT WIND TURBULENCE; PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS;

ROOFS;

FULL SCALE TEST; LOW RISE STRUCTURE; PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; ROOF; SUCTION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0035309543     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(00)00072-6     Document Type: Article

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