Physical simulation of a single-celled tornado-like vortex, Part B: Wind loading on a cubical model

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 96, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 1258-1273

  Mishra, A R ^a   James, D L ^a   Letchford, C W ^b  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Tornadic fluid structure interaction; Tornado simulation; Tornado like vortex; Wind loading

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROMETERS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VORTEX FLOW; WIND;

TORNADIC FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; TORNADO SIMULATION; TORNADO-LIKE VORTEX; WIND LOADING;

TORNADOES;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROMETERS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TORNADOES; VORTEX FLOW; WIND;

EID: 44649176539     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2008.02.027     Document Type: Article

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