Impact of street intersections on air quality in an urban environment

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 4948-4963

  Yassin, Mohamed F ^a,b   Kellnerova R ^c   Janour Z ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

^c INSTITUTE OF THERMOMECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulent; CFD model; Pollutant dispersion; Street canyon

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR; AIR QUALITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; CURVE FITTING; DISPERSION (WAVES); DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDICS; FOG; INTERSECTIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SEPARATION; STANDARDS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUNNELS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; VEHICLES; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) CODES; CONCENTRATION FIELDS; ELSEVIER (CO); GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; IN ORDER; LINE SOURCES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; ON FLOW; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES (RANS) EQUATIONS; STREET CANYONS; T-SHAPED; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) FLOWS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY (TKE); URBAN CANYONS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; GAS; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; ROAD; STREET CANYON; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TURBULENCE; URBAN POLLUTION; WIND TUNNEL;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXHAUST GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 45449105166     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.02.019     Document Type: Article

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