Pulsed wall jet simulation of a stationary thunderstorm downburst, Part A: Physical structure and flow field characterization

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 557-580

  Mason, M S ^a,b   Letchford, C W ^a   James, D L ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Downbursts; Gust fronts; Non stationary flow; Ring vortices; Thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; JETS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SPEED; THUNDERSTORMS; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WIND; WIND EFFECTS;

GUST FRONTS; NON STATIONARY FLOW; RING VORTICES; THUNDERSTORM DOWNBURSTS;

AERODYNAMICS;

GUST; THUNDERSTORM; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 24044485883     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2005.05.006     Document Type: Article

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