Numerical study of air movement in a slot-ventilated enclosure

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 113 PART 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 400-405

  Wang, Xinlei ^a,b   Jiang, Jianbo ^a,b   Zhang, Yuanhui ^a,b  

^a ASHRAE ^*

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; ENCLOSURES; FLUID DYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS EQUATION;

AIRFLOW; SLOT-VENTILATED ENCLOSURES;

VENTILATION;

EID: 34547965153     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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