Experimental study of ventilation effectiveness and air velocity distribution in an aircraft cabin mockup

Building and Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-343

  Wang, Aijun ^a   Zhang, Yuanhui ^a   Sun, Yigang ^a   Wang, Xinlei ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aircraft cabin; Airflow; Indoor air quality; Local mean age of air; Ventilation effectiveness factor

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT MOCKUPS; CABINS (AIRCRAFT); CARBON DIOXIDE; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW PATTERNS; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AIRFLOW PATTERN; VENTILATION EFFECTIVENESS FACTOR; VOLUMETRIC PARTICLE TRACKING VELOCIMETRY;

VENTILATION;

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT MOCKUPS; CABINS (AIRCRAFT); CARBON DIOXIDE; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW PATTERNS; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION;

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDOOR AIR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; VENTILATION;

EID: 35448946026     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.02.024     Document Type: Article

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