Airflow patterns in a slot-ventilated enclosure partially loaded with empty slotted boxes

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 963-977

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

^a Irstea   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Airflow pattern; Ceiling jet; Computational fluid dynamics; Enclosure; Slotted obstacles

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; CEILINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENCLOSURES; FLOW PATTERNS; JETS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; TURBULENCE; VENTILATION;

AIRFLOW PATTERN; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETER;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; ANEMOMETERS; CEILINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENCLOSURES; FLOW PATTERNS; JETS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; TURBULENCE; VENTILATION;

EID: 34548700374     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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