Assessment of tornado hazard for spatially distributed systems in southern Ontario

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 96, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 1376-1389

  Banik, S S ^a   Hong, H P ^a   Kopp, Gregory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical infrastructure; Gust wind speed; Simulation; Spatial separation; Tornado hazard; Transmission lines

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; TOWERS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND STRESS;

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE; GUST WIND SPEED; TORNADO HAZARD ASSESSMENT;

TORNADOES;

AERODYNAMICS; TORNADOES; TOWERS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND STRESS;

EID: 44649094087     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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