BLWT, CFD and HAM modelling vs. the real world: Bridging the gaps with full-scale measurements

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 91, Issue 12-15, 2003, Pages 1651-1669

  Dalgliesh, W A ^a   Surry, D ^b  

^a The University of Western Ontario ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

BLWT; Boundary layer wind tunnel; CFD; Cladding pressures; Computational fluid dynamics; Full scale; HAM; Heat, air and moisture transfer; Wind effects

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); TURBULENCE; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

BUILDING MOTIONS;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; WIND ENGINEERING; WIND TUNNEL MODELING;

EID: 0344272332     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2003.09.015     Document Type: Article

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