On the values for the turbulent Schmidt number in environmental flows

C Gualtieri, A Angeloudis, F Bombardelli, S Jha… - Fluids, 2017 - mdpi.com
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has consolidated as a tool to provide understanding
and quantitative information regarding many complex environmental flows. The accuracy …

High resolution urban air quality modeling by coupling CFD and mesoscale models: A review

R Kadaverugu, A Sharma, C Matli… - Asia-Pacific Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract According to World Health Organization, 9 out of 10 people breathe polluted air and
the ambient air pollution accounts for nearly 4.2 million early deaths worldwide. There is an …

Validation and optimization of SST k-ω turbulence model for pollutant dispersion within a building array

H Yu, J Thé - Atmospheric Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
The prediction of the dispersion of air pollutants in urban areas is of great importance to
public health, homeland security, and environmental protection. Computational Fluid …

Exploration of sustainable building morphologies for effective passive pollutant dispersion within compact urban environments

K An, SM Wong, JCH Fung - Building and Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Air pollutants emitted within high-density urbanized areas have negative impacts on human
health and quality of life and raise public concern. With the aim of creating a liveable …

An improved SST k− ω model for pollutant dispersion simulations within an isothermal boundary layer

K An, JCH Fung - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2018 - Elsevier
The selection of turbulence models has always been one of the important aspects of
computational fluid dynamics model simulations of wind flow and pollutant dispersion …

Numerical study of traffic pollutant dispersion within different street canyon configurations

Y Miao, S Liu, Y Zheng, S Wang… - Advances in meteorology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this study is to numerically study flow and traffic exhaust dispersion in urban
street canyons with different configurations to find out the urban‐planning strategies to ease …

A multi-scale urban atmospheric dispersion model for emergency management

Y Miao, S Liu, H Zheng, Y Zheng, B Chen… - Advances in Atmospheric …, 2014 - Springer
To assist emergency management planning and prevention in case of hazardous chemical
release into the atmosphere, especially in densely built-up regions with large populations, a …

The environmental elements of foundations in Roman cities: A theory of the architect Gaetano Vinaccia

I Giovagnorio, D Usai, A Palmas, GM Chiri - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2017 - Elsevier
In 1939, the pioneer G. Vinaccia wrote Il Problema dell'Orientamento nell'Urbanistica
dell'Antica Roma. In the manuscript, the author posited his theory on the strict relationship …

The effect of urban obstacles on the flow distribution at pedestrian area

MA Zainol, AA Razak, MF Mohamad… - IOP Conference …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The pedestrian level is an important area where most of the human activities occur in this
area such as walking, reading, and cycling. Along with the pedestrian activities, there are …

Numerical study of winter urban boundary layer structure over Beijing area

X Li, BI Baogui, Z Li - Acta Meteorologica Sinica, 2005 - search.proquest.com
Based on the successful simulation of a typical winter urban boundary layer (UBL) process
over Beijing area during the Beijing City Air Pollution Experiment (BECAPEX) in 2001 by the …