Reliability of numerical computation of pedestrian-level wind environment around a row of tall buildings

Wind and Structures, An International Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 473-492

  Lam, K M ^a   To, A P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ARUP   (United Kingdom)

^c Wind Engineering   (Germany)

Author keywords

Building interaction; CFD; Pedestrian level winds; Wind environment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; WIND; WIND EFFECTS;

BUILDING INTERACTION; PEDESTRIAN-LEVEL WINDS; WIND ENVIRONMENT; WIND TUNNEL DATA;

TALL BUILDINGS;

EID: 33751372241     PISSN: 12266116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/was.2006.9.6.473     Document Type: Article

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