On the comparison of the ventilation performance of street canyons of different aspect ratios and Richardson number

Building Simulation

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-61

  Cheng, Wai Chi ^a   Liu, Chun Ho ^a   Leung, Dennis Y C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

air exchange rate (ACH); ground heating; RNG k e open turbulence model; street canyons; ventilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149392404     PISSN: 19963599     EISSN: 19968744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/S12273-008-8332-4     Document Type: Article

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