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Urban fluid mechanics: current issues and trends—summary of the special symposium on urban fluid mechanics at the ASME 2014 4th joint US-European fluid engineering division summer meeting

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As part of ASME 4th joint US-European Fluid Engineering Division Summer Meeting, which took place in Chicago in August 2014, a symposium was held on Urban Fluid Mechanics, spanning from urban issues such as climate and heat island effect, to small city-scale effects, such as the flow around isolated buildings. The aim of the present note is to make a synthesis of the presentations, in order to highlight current trends of research and issues.

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The author would like to thank the organisers of ASME 4th joint US-European Fluid Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Barham Khalighi, Michel Lance, Martin Sommerfeld, Alfredo Soldati, Javad Mostaghimi, Harry Hoeijmakers and Mike Reeks, to gave him the opportunity to organise and chair the symposium, and also Harindra J.S. Fernando, Ning Zhang, Horia Hangan who assisted him as co-organisers, and all the participants and authors of the symposium.

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Carlotti, P. Urban fluid mechanics: current issues and trends—summary of the special symposium on urban fluid mechanics at the ASME 2014 4th joint US-European fluid engineering division summer meeting. Environ Fluid Mech 15, 483–490 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10652-015-9393-4

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