Two-dimensional conduction and CFD simulations of heat transfer in horizontal window frame cavities

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 111 PART 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 587-598

  Gustavsen, Arild ^a,b   Kohler, Christian ^a   Arasteh, Dariush ^a,c   Curcija, Dragan ^a,d  

^a ASHRAE ^*

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Carli Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER RATES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CONDUCTION; WINDOW FRAMES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 27644467909     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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