An application of ventilation efficiency concepts to the analysis of building density effects on urban flow and pollutant concentration

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 47, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 248-256

  Buccolieri, R ^a   Sandberg, M ^b   Di Sabatino, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CFD simulations; planar area index; ventilation efficiency; wind tunnel experiments

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; EFFICIENCY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; VENTILATION; WIND TUNNELS;

AREA INDEX; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; URBAN CONFIGURATIONS; VENTILATION EFFICIENCY; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; VENTILATION; WIND TUNNEL;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; SIMULATION; URBAN AREA; WIND;

EID: 84984534282     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: 17415101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2011.047339     Document Type: Article

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