Computational fluid dynamics simulation of concentration distributions from a point source in the Urban street canyons

Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 80-86

  Chang, Cheng Hsin ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Air pollution; Computational fluid dynamics technique; Simulation; Streets; Urban areas; Wind tunnel tests

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR POLLUTION; ASPECT RATIO; ROADS AND STREETS; SIMULATION; WIND TUNNELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS TECHNIQUE; URBAN AREAS; WIND TUNNEL TESTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 33645146439     PISSN: 08931321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0893-1321(2006)19:2(80)     Document Type: Article

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