Experimental and numerical studies of flows through and within high-rise building arrays and their link to ventilation strategy

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1036-1055

  Hang, Jian ^a,b   Li, Yuguo ^a   Sandberg, Mats ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

High rise building array; Numerical simulation; Turbulence; Urban canopy; Velocity; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

AIR; ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TALL BUILDINGS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; VENTILATION; VORTEX FLOW; WIND; WIND TUNNELS;

BUILDING HEIGHT; BUILDING HEIGHT VARIATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES; HIGH-RISE BUILDING ARRAYS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); URBAN CANOPIES; URBAN VENTILATION; VENTILATION STRATEGY;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 80053333118     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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