Abstract

This paper presents numerical simulations of the aerodynamic effects of trees on the flow field and dispersion of trafficoriginated pollutants in an urban street canyon of W/H = 1 with a perpendicular approach flow. Large Eddy Simulation (LES) is employed for the investigation and is validated against wind tunnel (WT) experiment. Comparisons is made between an empty street canyon and one containing avenue-like tree planting of pore volume, Pvol = 96%. In the presence of trees, both measurements and simulations show considerably larger pollutant concentrations near the leeward wall and slightly lower concentrations near the windward wall in comparison to the tree-free case.

Autore Pugliese

• Buccolieri Riccardo

Tutti gli autori

• Salim S. M. , Buccolieri R. , Chan A. , Di Sabatino S. , Cheah S. C.

Titolo volume/Rivista

PROCEDIA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Anno di pubblicazione

2011

ISSN

1878-0296

ISBN

Non Disponibile

Numero di citazioni Wos

7

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

27/04/2018

Numero di citazioni Scopus

8

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018

Settori ERC

Non Disponibile

Codici ASJC

Non Disponibile