Transient loads on buildings in microburst and tornado winds

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 96, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 2173-2187

  Sengupta, Anindya ^a   Haan, Fred L ^b   Sarkar, Partha P ^b   Balaramudu, Vasanth ^b  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cubic building; LES; Microburst; Peak loads; Tornado; Transient effects

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; EDDY CURRENTS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SPEED; STANDARDS; STORMS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TALL BUILDINGS; TANKERS (SHIPS); TORNADOES; VORTEX FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS; CUBIC BUILDING; DESIGN LOADS; DRAG FORCES; LES; LOADING CONDITIONS; LOADING EFFECTS; MICROBURST; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PEAK LOADS; PEAK MOMENTS; TORNADO; TRANSIENT EFFECTS; TRANSIENT LOADING; TRANSIENT LOADS; UNITED STATES; VORTEX CORES; WIND LOADS;

LOADS (FORCES);

EID: 49049092618     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2008.02.050     Document Type: Article

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