Development of an active gust generation mechanism on a wind tunnel for wind engineering and industrial aerodynamics applications

Wind and Structures, An International Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 369-386

  Haan Jr , Fred L ^a   Sarkar, Partha P ^a   Spencer Berger, Nicholas J ^b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active gust generation; Non stationary flow; Wind engineering; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS;

ACTIVE GUST GENERATION; AERODYNAMIC/ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER (AABL); NON STATIONARY FLOW; WIND ENGINEERING;

WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 33748761949     PISSN: 12266116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/was.2006.9.5.369     Document Type: Article

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