Modelling wind flow and vehicle-induced turbulence in urban streets

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 4918-4931

  Solazzo, Efisio ^a   Cai, Xiaoming ^a   Vardoulakis, Sotiris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Standard k lunate model; Urban street canyon; Vehicle induced turbulence

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE; VEHICLES; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC WINDS; COMBINED EFFECTS; COMBINED PROCESSING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD); ELSEVIER (CO); MEAN VELOCITIES; MEAN WINDS; MODEL RESULTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; STREET CANYONS; URBAN AIR; URBAN STREET CANYONS; URBAN STREETS; VEHICLE MOTION; VEHICLE-INDUCED TURBULENCE; VEHICULAR TRAFFIC; WIND FLOWS; WIND-TUNNEL DATA;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELD; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW MODELING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREET CANYON; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TURBULENCE; URBAN POLLUTION;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; TURBULENT FLOW; URBAN AREA;

EID: 45449096282     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.02.032     Document Type: Article

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