Effect of uneven building layout on air flow and pollutant dispersion in non-uniform street canyons

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2657-2665

  Gu, Zhao Lin ^a,c   Zhang, Yun Wei ^a   Cheng, Yan ^a,b   Lee, Shun Cheng ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Air flow; LES; Non uniform street canyon; Pollutant dispersion; Uneven building layout

Indexed keywords

AIR; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

AIR FLOW; BUILDING ARRANGEMENTS; BUILDING LAYOUT; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; SIMULATED POLLUTANT; STREET CANYON;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR MASS; AIRFLOW; BUILDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; POLLUTION; STREET CANYON; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN POLLUTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 79960924962     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.06.028     Document Type: Article

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