Numerical analysis of the street canyon thermal conductance to improve urban design and climate

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 177-187

  Oliveira Panão, Marta J N ^a   Gonçalves, Helder J P ^a   Ferrão, Paulo M C ^b  

^a IP   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Air flow regime; Canyon thermal conductance; Street canyon; Transitional Froude number; Urban design; Windward heated wall

Indexed keywords

AIR; FLUID MECHANICS; ROADS AND STREETS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

AIR FLOW REGIME; CANYON THERMAL CONDUCTANCE; STREET CANYON; TRANSITIONAL FROUDE NUMBER; URBAN DESIGN; WINDWARD HEATED WALL;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; FROUDE NUMBER; NUMERICAL METHOD; STREET CANYON; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN DESIGN; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 51449116765     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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