Coupling of a multi-zone airflow analysis program with a computational fluid dynamics program for indoor air quality studies

Proceedings of the 2003 4th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 236-242

  Gao, Yang ^a,b   Chen, Qingyan ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; CONTAM; IAQ; Multizone

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS;

MULTIZONE AIRFLOW ANALYSIS; QUASIDYNAMIC STRATEGY; VIRTUAL COUPLING;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 4444355923     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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