Ventilation in a street canyon under diurnal heating conditions

International Journal of Ventilation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-154

  Liu, Jing ^a   Luo, Zhiwen ^b   Zhao, Jianing ^c   Shui, Taoyao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Diurnal heating; Numerical simulation; Street canyon; Thermal effect; Transfer process

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VORTEX FLOW;

COUNTER-ROTATING VORTICES; COUPLING CALCULATION METHOD; HEATING CONDITIONS; STREET CANYON; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL CONDITION; TRANSFER PROCESS; URBAN CANOPY MODELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84865763379     PISSN: 14733315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733315.2012.11683977     Document Type: Article

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