A comparison of numerical and physical modeling of stable atmospheric flow and dispersion around a cubical building

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1327-1345

  Zhang, Y Q ^a   Arya, S P ^b   Snyder, W H ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Building downwash; Building wake; Cavity length; k model; Numerical simulation; Physical modeling; Turbulent kinetic energy

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; WAKES;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; BUILDING WAKE; CAVITY LENGTH; CUBICAL BUILDING; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BUILDING; DISPERSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

AIR FLOW; BUILDINGS; CUBICAL; DISPERSION; MODELLING-PHYSICAL; SIMULATION-NUMERICAL;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; BLOCK BUILDING DISPERSION; FLOW FIELD; FLOW MODELLING; LEE SIDE CAVITY; TANK EXPERIMENT;

EID: 0030111546     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00326-6     Document Type: Article

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