Numerical study of dispersing pollutant clouds in a built-up environment

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-19

  Wang, Bing Chen ^a   Yee, Eugene ^b   Lien, Fue Sang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bluff body; Concentration variance model; Dispersion; RANS; Rough wall boundary layer; Urban canopy

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DISPERSION (WAVES); NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; QUAY WALLS; SHEAR FLOW; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TURBULENCE; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BLUFF BODY; CONCENTRATION VARIANCE MODEL; RANS; ROUGH-WALL BOUNDARY-LAYER; URBAN CANOPY;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

EID: 58149513101     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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