Large scale studies of development of snowdrifts around buildings

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 829-839

  Thiis, Thomas K ^a  

^a Norwegian Building Res Institute   (Norway)

Author keywords

Buildings; Field experiments; Snowdrift; Wind

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SNOW; WIND TUNNELS;

SNOWDRIFTS;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; BUILDING; SNOW; WIND TUNNEL MODELING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0037404971     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(02)00474-9     Document Type: Article

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