Towards simulating urban canyon circulations with a 2D lattice Boltzmann model

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-79

  De La Fuente, L F ^a   Causon, D M ^a   Ingram, D M ^a   Mingham, C G ^a   Raper, D W ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluid flow; Lattice Boltzmann; Numerical modelling; Urban canyon

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WALL FLOW; WIND TUNNELS;

LATTICE BOLTZMANN (LB) METHOD;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CELLULAR AUTOMATON; FLOW FIELD; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; STREET CANYON;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CELLULAR AUTOMATON; FLOW FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; STREET CANYON;

EID: 0037230276     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(02)00035-X     Document Type: Article

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