Wind tunnel simulation of wind loading on low-rise structures: A review

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 91, Issue 12-15, 2003, Pages 1627-1649

  Tieleman, Henry W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric surface layer; Bluff body aerodynamics; Ideal, perturbed and complex terrain; Pressure coefficients; Turbulence; Turbulence scales; Vortex formation; Wind tunnel simulations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TUNNELS; TURBULENCE; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; BLUFF BODY; LOW RISE STRUCTURE; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FORMATION; WIND LOAD; WIND TUNNEL MODELING;

EID: 0346875643     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2003.09.021     Document Type: Article

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