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Impact of Aspect Ratio and Solar Heating on Street Conyn Air Temperature

Keywords: Surface Temperature, Turbulence, Thermal Comfort, CFD.

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology

Volume 30 ,  Issue 1

Rizwan  Ahmed  Memon , Abdul  Haque  Tunio , Kanya   Lal ,

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