CFD analysis of a thermal plume and the indoor air flow using κ-ε models with buoyancy effects

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 113-134

  Murakami, S ^a   Ohira, N ^b   Kato, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO GAS CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; WALL FLOW;

INDOOR AIR FLOW; TURBULENCE MODELS;

THERMAL PLUMES;

EID: 0033716158     PISSN: 13866184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009982217422     Document Type: Article

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