Analytical models for impinging jets with application to downburst simulations

10th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering, ACWE 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Xu, Zhuyun ^a   Hangan, Horia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical models; Downbursts; Impinging jets

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER MODELS; DOWNBURST SIMULATIONS; DOWNBURSTS; GAUSSIANS; IMPINGING JET; IMPINGING JET FLOW;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

MODELS;

EID: 84886888584     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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