Calculation and design of tunnel ventilation systems using a two-scale modelling approach

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2357-2367

  Colella, F ^a   Rein, G ^b   Borchiellini, R ^a   Carvel, R ^b   Torero, J L ^b   Verda, V ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jet fans; Tunnel; Two scale; Ventilation systems

Indexed keywords

3D RESOLUTION; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; CFD MODELS; COLD FLOWS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; COUPLING PROCEDURE; DESIGN TOOL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIRE-INDUCED FLOW; FLOW CONDITION; HOT GAS PLUMES; JET FANS; LOCAL FLOW CONDITIONS; MODEL TUNNEL; MULTI-SCALE APPROACHES; MULTISCALE METHOD; NEW APPROACHES; NUMERICAL ERRORS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SMOKE STRATIFICATION; TUNNEL FLOW; TUNNEL VENTILATION SYSTEMS; TWO-SCALE; VENTILATION FLOW; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

FANS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUNNELS; WIND TUNNELS;

VENTILATION;

AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; DESIGN; INDOOR AIR; JET FLOW; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PLUME; STRATIFICATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VENTILATION;

EID: 67651008644     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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