Laboratory simulation of tornado and microburst to assess wind loads on buildings

Proceedings of the Structures Congress and Exposition

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 11-

  Sarkar, Partha P ^a   Haan Jr , Fred L ^a   Balaramudu, Vasanth ^a   Sengupta, Anindya ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND PLANE; MICROBURST; WIND LOADS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUILDING CODES; JETS; TALL BUILDINGS; TORNADOES; WIND TUNNELS;

STRUCTURAL LOADS;

EID: 33845684696     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40889(201)11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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