Dynamic thermal CFD simulation of a typical office by efficient transient solution methods

Building and Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 887-896

  Somarathne, S ^a,b   Seymour, M ^b   Kolokotroni, Maria ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Air flow simulation; Building simulation; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Dynamic thermal modelling (DTM); Energy efficient building design; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREEZING; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DYNAMIC THERMAL MODELING (DTM); OFFICE SPACE;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INDOOR AIR; VENTILATING SYSTEM;

EID: 14844317390     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2004.09.016     Document Type: Article

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