Near-ground tornado-like vortex structure resolved by particle image velocimetry (PIV)

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 479-493

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Sarkar, Partha P ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL STRUCTURE; FIELD STUDIES; GROUND LEVEL; GROUND SURFACES; HORIZONTAL PLANES; LABORATORY SIMULATION; LABORATORY TORNADO SIMULATOR; LOW SWIRL; MAXIMUM VELOCITY; MEAN FLOW; NEAR-GROUND FLOW; ORTHOGONAL VIEWS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PARTICLE IMAGING VELOCIMETRY; PEAK VALUES; PRIMARY VORTEX; RADIAL VELOCITY; SECONDARY VORTEX; SWIRL RATIO; TANGENTIAL VELOCITIES; TORNADO-LIKE VORTEX; VELOCITY COMPONENTS; VORTEX STRUCTURES; WIND LOAD;

TORNADOES; VELOCIMETERS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84861806465     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-011-1229-5     Document Type: Article

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