CFD wind tunnel test: Field velocity patterns of wind on a building with a refuge floor

International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 531-544

  Cheng, C K ^a,c   Yuen, K K ^a   Lam, K M ^b   Lo, S M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airflow pattern; High rise building; Numerical simulation; Optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645139803     PISSN: 1055677X     EISSN: 10290257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618560500303553     Document Type: Article

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