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Wind tunnels : design/construction, types and usage limitations / Susan B. Chaplin, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Mechanical engineering theory and applications
- Standardized Title:
- Wind tunnels (Nova Science Publishers : 2013)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wind tunnels.
- Wind tunnels--Design and construction.
- Wind tunnels--Industrial applications.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (165 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this book, the authors discuss the design and construction, types and usage limitations of wind tunnels. Topics include the use of wind tunnels to analyze wind loading on scaffold structures; the characteristics of the Architecture and Building Research Institute wind tunnel project; analysis of the wind environment and air quality in densely populated areas using wind tunnel experiments; wind tunnel investigation into the drag characteristics of catamaran form; and environmental wind tunnels designed and constructed to investigate a wide range of aerodynamic tasks.
- Contents:
- The Characteristics of the ABRI Wind Tunnel / J.J. Miau, Z.L. Chen, C.C. Hu, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC, and others
- Analysis of Wind Environment and Air Quality in Densely Populated Areas using Wind Tunnel Experiments / Mahmoud Bady, Department of Energy Resources and Environmental Engineering, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), New Borg El-Arab City, Alexandria, Egypt
- Wind Tunnel Investigation into the Drag Characteristics of Catamaran Form / I.K.A.P. Utama, A. Jamaluddin, Department of Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding Engineering, ITS, Surabaya, Indonesia, and others
- Environmental Wind Tunnels / Z. Janour, K. Jurcakova, Institute of Thermomechanics, AS CR, Czechoslovakia
- Use of Wind-Tunnels to Analyse Wind Loading on Scaffold Structures / H. Irtaza, R.G. Beale, Department of Civil Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, and others.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62618-397-X
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