Mean wind pressure coefficients on surfaces of gable-roofed low-rise buildings

Advances in Structural Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-271

  Quan, Yong ^a   Tamura, Yukio ^a   Matsui, Masahiro ^a  

^a TOKYO POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gable roof; Low rise building; Wind load; Wind pressure coefficient

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; WEBSITES; WIND TUNNELS;

GABLE ROOFS; LOW RISE BUILDING; WIND LOADS; WIND PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 36248952591     PISSN: 13694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/136943307781422253     Document Type: Article

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