Passive urban ventilation by combined buoyancy-driven slope flow and wall flow: Parametric CFD studies on idealized city models

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 5946-5956

  Luo, Zhiwen ^a   Li, Yuguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Age of air; Slope flow; Street canyon; Ventilation; Wall flow

Indexed keywords

AGE OF AIR; AIR CHANGE RATES; BACKGROUND WINDS; BUILDING HEIGHT; BUOYANCY DRIVEN FLOWS; CITY MODEL; HONG-KONG; KATABATIC FLOW; KATABATIC WINDS; LOS ANGELES; MOUNTAIN HEIGHT; MOUNTAIN SLOPES; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; SIMULATION RESULT; SLOPE FLOW; SLOPE WINDS; STREET CANYON; SYNOPTIC WINDS; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AIR; URBAN AREAS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN STRUCTURE; URBAN SURFACES; URBAN VENTILATION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BUOYANCY; LANDFORMS; USER INTERFACES; VENTILATION; WALL FLOW; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING; DISPERSION; HEATING; KATABATIC FLOW; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SLOPE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION; VENTILATION; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CITY; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; HEAT; HEAT TRANSFER; HEIGHT; MODEL; PARAMETRIC TEST; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; WIND;

CHINA; HONG KONG; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81155162506     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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