CFD analysis of flow and concentration fields around a building with a roof stack

IAQVEC 2007 Proceedings - 6th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings: Sustainable Built Environment

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 333-340

  Tominaga, Y ^a   Stathopoulos, T ^b  

^a NIIGATA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Building; CFD; Dispersion; Stack; Turbulence model

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY IMPACTS; ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; CFD ANALYSIS; CFD MODELS; COMPLEX INTERACTION; CONCENTRATION FIELDS; CUBIC BUILDING; EXHAUST STACKS; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PLUME DISPERSION; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; POLLUTANT DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION ACCURACY; QUANTITATIVE VALUES; RAPID DEVELOPMENT; STACK; TURBULENT SCHMIDT NUMBER; WIND FIELD; WIND-TUNNEL DATA;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); ENERGY CONSERVATION; FORECASTING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ROOFS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TURBULENCE MODELS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84857460289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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