Simulating air flow, with a zonal model, for natural convection in a partitioned dwelling

International Journal of Ventilation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 207-219

  Boukhris, Y ^a   Gharbi, L ^a   Ghrab Morcos, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Indoor air; Large internal opening; Natural convection; ZAER; Zonal model

Indexed keywords

AIR; BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT CONVECTION; HOUSING; MASS TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

AIR FLOW CALCULATIONS; CONVECTIVE HEAT AND MASS TRANSFERS; COUPLED HEAT TRANSFER; INDOOR AIR; LARGE INTERNAL OPENING; NATURALLY VENTILATED BUILDINGS; ZAER; ZONAL MODEL;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 57049121228     PISSN: 14733315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733315.2008.11683813     Document Type: Article

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