Solution characters of iterative coupling between energy simulation and CFD programs

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 493-505

  Zhai, Zhiqiang ^a   Chen, Qingyan ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Coupling; Energy simulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

ENERGY SIMULATION (ES);

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 0037410726     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(02)00156-1     Document Type: Article

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