Computer modeling of tornado forces on buildings

Wind and Structures, An International Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-220

  Selvam, R Panneer ^a   Millett, Paul C ^a  

^a 3202 Bell Engineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Building; Computational fluid dynamics; Tornado; Tornado structure interaction; Wind engineering

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW VISUALIZATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNELS;

TORNADO FORCES;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 0037742710     PISSN: 12266116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/was.2003.6.3.209     Document Type: Article

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