CFD boundary conditions for contaminant dispersion, heat transfer and airflow simulations around human occupants in indoor environments

Building and Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 294-303

  Srebric, Jelena ^a   Vukovic, Vladimir ^a   He, Guoqing ^b   Yang, Xudong ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; CFD; High concentration gradients; Human simulators; Indoor environment; Point source areas

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; IMPURITIES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AIRFLOW FIELD; CONCENTRATION GRADIENT; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATION; POINT SOURCE AREA;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; IMPURITIES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION;

EID: 35448962978     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.03.023     Document Type: Article

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