Lateral channeling within rectangular arrays of cubical obstacles

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 98, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 377-385

  Princevac, Marko ^a   Baik, Jong Jin ^b   Li, Xiangyi ^a   Pan, Hansheng ^a   Park, Seung Bu ^b  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Building array: Lateral channeling; Particle image velocimetry; Physical modeling; PIV; Urban flow; Water channel

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TALL BUILDINGS; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BUILDING ARRAY; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PHYSICAL MODEL; URBAN FLOW; WATER CHANNELS;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

EID: 77953358307     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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