Mean interference effects among tall buildings

Engineering Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1173-1183

  Xie, Z N ^a,b   Gu, Minggu ^a  

^a Tongji University ^*  (China)

^b SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Channeling effects; Interference effects; Mean wind loads; Tall buildings; Wind tunnel test

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURAL LOADS; TESTING; WIND TUNNELS;

INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; INTERFERENCE FACTOR (IF);

TALL BUILDINGS;

BUILDING; HIGH RISE STRUCTURE; INTERFERENCE; WIND LOAD; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 4544331018     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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