Numerical determination of convection coefficients for internal surfaces in buildings dominated by thermally stratified flows

Journal of Building Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 213-223

  Gao, Jun ^a,b   Zhang, Xu ^a   Zhao, Jia Ning ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Building; CFD; Convection coefficient; Thermal stratification; Turbulence model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE MODELS;

CONVECTION COEFFICIENT; CONVECTION COEFFICIENTS; INTERNAL BUILDING SURFACES; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

MODEL BUILDINGS;

EID: 38149045676     PISSN: 17442591     EISSN: 17442583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744259107085400     Document Type: Article

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