Wind-tunnel investigation of point pressure on TTU test building

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 553-578

  Endo, M ^a   Bienkiewicz, B ^a   Ham, H J ^b  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Low rise buildings; Wind pressure; Wind tunnel modeling

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROOFS; WIND POWER;

GEOMETRICAL SCALE MODEL; LOW-RISE BUILDINGS; ROOF CORNER PRESSURES; WIND PRESSURE; WIND TUNNEL MODELING;

WIND TUNNELS;

BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROOFS; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 33746018350     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2006.01.019     Document Type: Article

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