A simplified system for indoor airflow simulation

Building and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 543-552

  Zhao, Bin ^a   Li, Xianting ^a   Yan, Qisen ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air supply opening model; Boundary condition; CFD; Indoor airflow; Turbulence model

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; VENTILATION;

DISCRETE ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS;

BUILDINGS;

AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW MODELING; INDOOR AIR; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0037397196     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1323(02)00182-8     Document Type: Article

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