PIV measurement of turbulent flow within a street canyon: Detection of coherent motion

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 104-106, Issue , 2012, Pages 302-313

  Kellnerová, Radka ^a,b   Kukačka, Libor ^a,b   Jurčáková, Klára ^a   Uruba, Václav ^a   Jaňour, Zbyněk ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF THERMOMECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

PIV; POD; Quadrant analysis; Street canyon; Wavelet analysis; Wind channel

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; MOTION ANALYSIS; ROOFS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; PROPER ORTHOGONAL DECOMPOSITIONS; QUADRANT ANALYSIS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; STREET CANYON; WIND CHANNEL;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862184698     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2012.02.017     Document Type: Article

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