Wind engineering challenges of the new generation of super-tall buildings

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 97, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 328-334

  Irwin, Peter A ^a  

^a ROWAN WILLIAMS DAVIES AND IRWIN INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Tall buildings; Wind effects; Wind statistics; Wind tunnel testing

Indexed keywords

AEROELASTIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER MODELS; BUILDING HEIGHT; FORCE BALANCES; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGHER MODE; INTEGRATION TESTS; MIDDLE EAST; NEW TOOLS; PRESSURE MODELS; REALISTIC MODEL; REANALYSIS; SYNOPTIC WINDS; THUNDERSTORM DOWNBURSTS; WEATHER FORECAST MODELS; WIND ENGINEERING; WIND STATISTICS; WIND TUNNEL TESTING;

AERODYNAMICS; APARTMENT HOUSES; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING CODES; RECONSTRUCTION (STRUCTURAL); SOIL CONSERVATION; TALL BUILDINGS; THUNDERSTORMS; TUNNELS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND STRESS; WIND TUNNELS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 70349322414     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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