Flow instabilities within an urban intersection

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 47, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 268-277

  Kellnerova, Radka ^a   Janour, Zbynek ^a  

^a Institute of Thermodynamics   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

environmental pollution; flow instability; quadrant analysis; street canyon; urban intersection; wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MOMENTUM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND TUNNELS;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; FLOW INSTABILITIES; QUADRANT ANALYSIS; STREET CANYON; URBAN INTERSECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOW STABILITY; MOMENTUM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREET CANYON; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNEL;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WIND;

EID: 84862189736     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: 17415101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2011.047341     Document Type: Article

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