Evaluation of the ventilation potential of courtyards and urban street canyons using RANS and LES

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 414-423

  Moonen, P ^a,b   Dorer, V ^b   Carmeliet, J ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ambient wind direction; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Courtyard; Large eddy simulation (LES); Oblique flow; Reynolds averaged Navier Stokes (RANS); Street canyon; Ventilation potential

Indexed keywords

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VENTILATION; WIND;

COURTYARD; OBLIQUE FLOW; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; STREET CANYON; WIND DIRECTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 79954999817     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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