A new generation of zonal models

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 112 PART 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 163-174

  Jiru, Teshome Edae ^a,b   Haghighat, Fariborz ^a,b  

^a ASHRAE ^*  (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW DISTRIBUTION; MODIFIED POWERLAW MODEL (MPLM); SURFACE-DRAG FLOW MODEL (SDM); ZONAL MODELS;

AERODYNAMICS; DATA REDUCTION; DRAG; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

VENTILATION;

EID: 33750362828     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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