Modeling of indoor thermally stratified flows on the basis of Eddy viscosity/diffusivity model: State of the art review

Journal of Building Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-241

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

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Indoor air flow; Indoor environment; Thermal stratification; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

AIR FLOWS; BUILDING PHYSICS; INDOOR AIR FLOW; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR THERMAL ENVIRONMENTS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NEW MODELS; REYNOLDS STRESSES; STATE OF THE ARTS; STRATIFIED FLOWS; TURBULENT DIFFUSIONS; TURBULENT VISCOSITIES;

THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

EID: 58349122708     PISSN: 17442591     EISSN: 17442583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744259108098337     Document Type: Article

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