Airflow patterns inside slotted obstacles in a ventilated enclosure

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 935-948

  Tapsoba, Mitoubkieta ^a   Moureh, Jean ^a   Flick, Denis ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW PATTERNS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE;

MEAN VELOCITIES; RETURN FLOW; SLOT VENTILATED ENCLOSURE;

VENTILATION;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW PATTERNS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE; VENTILATION;

EID: 33847390009     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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