Wind Engineering 1st IAWE European and African Regional Conference

1. Auflage 1994
ISBN: 978-0-7277-1972-0
Verlag: Institution of Civil Engineers

Buch, Englisch, 534 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1040 g

This volume contains wide-ranging and authoritative contributions on the following aspects of wind engineering research: wind - characteristics, exposure, simulation and environment; building aerodynamics, external and internal pressures; full-scale experiments; vehicle aerodynamics and dynamic response; mathematical modelling; aeroelastic instabilities; computational fluid dynamics, and design codes and standards.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cook, Nicholas John

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Alternative und erneuerbare Energien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Evolution of turbulence structures affected by disturbances generated in near-ground part of atmospheric boundary layer
On surf zone wind/wave interactions: offshore winds
Experimental study of wind flow over model of valley
Ground level winds and pedestrian comfort
Design wind loads for low-rise buildings
Use of gust speeds in wind hazard analysis
High reyolds number simulation techniques and their application to shaped structures model test
Investigation into the simulation priorities for wind tunnel tests on low-rise buildings
Wind effect of dominant openings and porosity of internal pressures
Drainage flow - model scale simulation and comparison with field measurements and theoretical modellingThese are just some of the contents