Improving thermal performance of the roof enclosure of heavy construction buildings

Applied Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 911-930

  Ben Nakhi, Abdullatif ^a   Mahmoud, Ahmad M ^b   Mahmoud, Mohamed A ^a   Al Dashti, Ahmad ^c  

^a Public Authority for Applied Education and Training   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Compound enclosure; Conjugate; Finite volume method; Laminar convection; Natural convection; Turbulent convection

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

COMPOUND ENCLOSURE; LAMINAR CONVECTION; TURBULENT CONVECTION;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLUID FLOW; HEAT FLUX; INSULATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; ROOF; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 42749086838     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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