Abstract

This paper is devoted to the development and evaluation of a fast three-dimensional Eulerian model for dispersion inside and above the urban canopy layer. Spatially averaged wind and diffusivity coefficient profiles obtained from the commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code FLUENT are used as input in the developed model. This model is numerically solved by means of a finite volume method and mean concentration outputs are compared with the corresponding results from FLUENT. We considered several canopies made of arrays of cubes laid in staggered position. Results from the comparison suggest the potential of this type of simple modelling approach. As the spatially averaged wind and diffusivity profiles are strongly dependent from the mean morphometry properties of the urban canopy, these results, though preliminary, highlight the necessity of using specific turbulence closure models where building effects at the neighbourhood scale are taken into account.

Autore Pugliese

• Buccolieri Riccardo

Tutti gli autori

• Di Sabatino S. , Buccolieri R. , Paradisi P. , Palatella L. , Corrado R.

Titolo volume/Rivista

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT AND POLLUTION

Anno di pubblicazione

2011

ISSN

0957-4352

ISBN

Non Disponibile

Numero di citazioni Wos

2

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

27/04/2018

Numero di citazioni Scopus

3

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018

Settori ERC

Non Disponibile

Codici ASJC

Non Disponibile