Numerical evaluation of wind effects on a tall steel building by CFD

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 612-627

  Huang, Shenghong ^a,b   Li, Q S ^b   Xu, Shengli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); k Turbulence model; Large eddy simulation; Tall building; Wind effects; Wind tunnel test

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TALL BUILDINGS; WIND EFFECTS;

DYNAMIC SUBGRID SCALE (SGS) MODELS; PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS; WIND LOADS; WIND VELOCITY;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 33751350597     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2006.06.033     Document Type: Article

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