Experimental and CFD study of unsteady airborne pollutant transport within an aircraft cabin mock-up

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-43

  Yan, Wei ^a   Zhang, Yuanhui ^a   Sun, Yigang ^a   Li, Dongning ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aircraft cabin; Computational fluid dynamics; Indoor air quality; Tracer gas; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; POLLUTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

AIR FLOW PATTERNS; AIRCRAFT CABIN; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; TRACER GAS; VENTILATION;

CABINS (AIRCRAFT);

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDOOR AIR; TRACER; VENTILATION;

EID: 51449116095     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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