Modeling transient snowdrift development around complex three-dimensional structures

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 96, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 1603-1615

  Beyers, Meiring ^a   Waechter, Bill ^a  

^a ROWAN WILLIAMS DAVIES AND IRWIN INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Building; CFD; Elevated; Simulation; Snowdrift

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BUILDINGS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS ENGINEERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUNNELS; WIND TUNNELS;

BUILDING; BUILDING DESIGN PROCESSES; CFD; COMPLEX SURFACES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD); DOMAIN ADAPTATION; ELEVATED; ELEVATED STRUCTURES; MODELING METHODS; NUMERICAL FLOW; SIMULATION; SNOWDRIFT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION; TRANSIENT CHANGES;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 49049102972     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2008.02.032     Document Type: Article

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