The influence of building height variability on pollutant dispersion and pedestrian ventilation in idealized high-rise urban areas

Building and Environment

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 346-360

  Hang, Jian ^a,b   Li, Yuguo ^a   Sandberg, Mats ^c   Buccolieri, Riccardo ^d   Di Sabatino, Silvana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building height variation; CFD simulations; High rise building arrays; Pedestrian ventilation; Pollutant dispersion

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; STATISTICS; STORM SEWERS; TALL BUILDINGS; VENTILATION; WIND TUNNELS;

BUILDING HEIGHT VARIATIONS; CFD SIMULATIONS; HIGH-RISE BUILDING ARRAYS; PEDESTRIAN VENTILATIONS; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS;

POLLUTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; PEDESTRIAN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TURBULENT FLOW; VENTILATION;

EID: 84984590590     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.03.023     Document Type: Article

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