Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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293699 | Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics | 2006 | 19 Pages |
Abstract
In Part I, trajectories of plates, carried by strong winds, were studied experimentally by wind-tunnel and full-scale tests. The application is to windborne debris occurring in severe windstorms such as hurricanes. In this paper (Part II), a numerical model of square plate trajectories is described and compared with experimental data from Tachikawa, and that described in Part I. Generally, good to excellent agreement is found; lift forces induced by the Magnus effect were found to be significant in determining trajectories.
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Authors
J.D. Holmes, C.W. Letchford, Ning Lin,