The effect of surroundings with different separation distances on surface pressures on low-rise buildings

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1039-1050

  Chang, Cheng Hsin ^a   Meroney, Robert N ^b  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Low rise building; Shielding effect; Urban street canyon; Wind load; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WIND TUNNELS;

ROOF SUCTIONS;

ROOFS;

AERODYNAMICS; LOW RISE STRUCTURE; SCALE MODEL; WAKE; WIND CONCENTRATION; WIND LOAD; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 0042567529     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(03)00051-5     Document Type: Article

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