Numerical method study of how buildings affect the flow characteristics of an urban canopy

Wind and Structures, An International Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 159-172

  Zhang, Ning ^a   Jiang, Weimei ^a   Hu, Fei ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Building; Numerical simulation; Urban canopy; Urban micro climate

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUILDINGS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TURBULENCE; URBAN PLANNING; VORTEX FLOW;

FLOW REGIMES; TURBULENCE ENERGY; URBAN CANOPY; URBAN MICRO-CLIMATE;

WIND EFFECTS;

EID: 2342575665     PISSN: 12266116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/was.2004.7.3.159     Document Type: Article

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