Large-eddy simulation of buoyancy-driven natural ventilation in an enclosure with a point heat source

International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 231-245

  Abdalla, Ibrahim E ^a   Cook, Malcolm J ^a   Rees, Simon J ^a   Yang, Zhiyin ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buoyant plume; Large eddy simulation; Natural ventilation; Transition; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448941391     PISSN: 10618562     EISSN: 10290257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618560701599710     Document Type: Article

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