Air supply opening model of ceiling diffusers for numerical simulation of indoor air distribution under actual connected conditions, part I: Model development

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-61

  Zhao, Bin ^a   Li, Xianting ^a   Ren, Hongze ^a   Guan, Ping ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CEILINGS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLUID DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; VENTILATION;

AIR SUPPLY DIFFUSER; DUCT INSTALLATION; INDOOR AIR DISTRIBUTION; NONDIMENSIONAL OUTFLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 33744899330     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780500506808     Document Type: Article

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