Evaluating RNG k-ε models using PIV data for airflow in animal buildings at different ventilation rates

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 113 PART 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 358-365

  Sun, Huawei ^b   Zhao, Lingying ^a,c   Zhang, Yuanhui ^a,d  

^a ASHRAE ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; VENTILATION;

AIRFLOW PATTERNS; RENORMALIZATION GROUP; VENTILATION RATES;

FARM BUILDINGS;

EID: 34547963845     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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