Experimental and numerical study of wind pressures on irregular-plan shapes

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 741-756

  Gomes, M Glória ^a   Moret Rodrigues, A ^a   Mendes, Pedro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Irregular plan shapes; Wind engineering; Wind pressure coefficients; Wind tunnel testing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND TUNNELS;

IRREGULAR-PLAN SHAPES; WIND ENGINEERING; WIND PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS; WIND TUNNEL MODEL TESTS; WIND TUNNEL TESTING;

AERODYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERN; WIND ENGINEERING; WIND TUNNEL MODELING;

EID: 27944438012     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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