Dynamic airflow simulation within an isolation room

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3194-3209

  Shih, Yang Cheng ^a   Chiu, Cheng Chi ^a   Wang, Oscar ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b ChiJing Fab Technology Ltd   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Airflow simulation; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Dynamic mesh; Finite volume method; Isolation room

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS;

AIRFLOW SIMULATION; DYNAMIC MESH; ISOLATION ROOM; ROOM AIR DISTRIBUTION;

HOSPITALS;

BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HOSPITALS;

AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW VELOCITY; MOVEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34247104913     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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