CFD modeling of pollution dispersion in a street canyon: Comparison between LES and RANS

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 340-348

  Tominaga, Yoshihide ^a   Stathopoulos, Ted ^b  

^a NIIGATA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD; LES; Pollutant dispersion; RANS; Street canyon

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; POLLUTION; WIND TUNNELS;

COMPARISON WITH MEASUREMENTS; CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATION; HORIZONTAL DIFFUSIONS; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; POLLUTION DISPERSION; RANS; STREET CANYON; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 79955026943     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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