Modelling of strong wind flows over complex terrain at small geometric scales

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 91, Issue 12-15, 2003, Pages 1859-1871

  Bowen, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Complex terrain; Small scales; Strong winds; Wind tunnel modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; WIND TUNNELS;

GEOMETRIC SCALES;

AERODYNAMICS;

EXPERIMENTAL METHOD; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRICAL EFFECT; WIND; WIND TUNNEL MODELING;

EID: 0344272330     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2003.09.029     Document Type: Article

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