Numerical simulation of ultrafine particle dispersion in urban street canyons with the spalart-allmaras turbulence model

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1423-1437

  Scungio, Mauro ^a   Arpino, Fausto ^a   Stabile, Luca ^a   Buonanno, Giorgio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Modelling; Street canyon; Turbulence; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION VALUES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; PARAMETRIC -ANALYSIS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SPALART-ALLMARAS TURBULENCE MODEL; STREET CANYON; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; FLOW FIELDS; MODELS; NUMERICAL MODELS; TOOLS; TRANSPORTATION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE MODELS; VEHICLES; WALL FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

DISPERSION; FLOW FIELD; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIMULATION; STREET CANYON; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84885084717     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.11.0306     Document Type: Article

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