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Introduction to Environmental Aerodynamics

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A brief introduction to environmental aerodynamics, as part of wind engineering is provided. Of particular interest are the areas of pedestrian level winds and exhaust dispersion around buildings, which are introduced and discussed in the context of urban environment aerodynamics.

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  1. Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

    Theodore Stathopoulos

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  1. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

    Charalambos C. Baniotopoulos

  2. University of Florence, Firenze, Italy

    Claudio Borri

  3. Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

    Theodore Stathopoulos

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Stathopoulos, T. (2011). Introduction to Environmental Aerodynamics. In: Baniotopoulos, C.C., Borri, C., Stathopoulos, T. (eds) Environmental Wind Engineering and Design of Wind Energy Structures. CISM Courses and Lectures, vol 531. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0953-3_1

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