Numerical simulation of street canyon flows with simple building geometries

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1099-1105

  Xia, Jiayang ^a,b   Hussaini, M Y ^c   Leung, Dennis Y C ^d  

^a Zhangjiang High tech Park   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environmental engineering; Flow simulation; Numerical models; Velocity

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY;

FLOW SIMULATION; STREET CANYON FLOWS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FLOW AROUND OBJECT; FLOW FIELD; FLOW VELOCITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; STREET CANYON;

EID: 24044524221     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2005)131:7(1099)     Document Type: Article

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