The adaptive conflation of computational fluid dynamics with whole-building thermal simulation

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 857-871

  Beausoleil Morrison, Ian ^a  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air flow; Buildings; CFD; Energy; Simulation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; HEAT TRANSFER; VENTILATION;

ADAPTIVE CONFLATION CONTROLLERS;

TROPICAL BUILDINGS;

EID: 0036787141     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(02)00061-0     Document Type: Article

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