Monitoring the wind-induced response of tall buildings: GPS performance and the issue of multipath effects

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 95, Issue 9-11, 2007, Pages 1176-1198

  Kijewski Correa, Tracy ^a   Kochly, Michael ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Full scale monitoring; Global positioning systems; Multipath effects; Tall buildings; Wind induced response

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MONITORING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; WIND TUNNELS;

FULL-SCALE MONITORING; MULTIPATH EFFECTS; WIND-INDUCED RESPONSE;

TALL BUILDINGS;

ACCELEROMETERS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MONITORING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TALL BUILDINGS; WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 34548189037     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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