Large-eddy simulation of passive scalar dispersion in an urban-like canopy

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 723, Issue , 2013, Pages 404-428

  Philips, D A ^a   Rossi, R ^b   Iaccarino, G ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

mixing and dispersion; turbulence simulation; turbulent mixing

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; GAUSSIAN DISPERSION MODELS; MEAN-FLOW DIRECTIONS; MIXING AND DISPERSIONS; SHORT RANGE DISPERSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL FLOW FIELD; TURBULENCE SIMULATION; TURBULENT MIXING;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

BUILDING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; TURBULENT MIXING;

EID: 84876238217     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2013.135     Document Type: Article

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