Experimental investigation and modelling of a buoyant attached plane jet in a room

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 2790-2798

  Cao, Guangyu ^a   Kurnitski, J ^a   Ruponen, M ^b   Seppanen O ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Halton Oy ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Attached plane jet; Buoyant; Jet region; Modelling; Velocity decay

Indexed keywords

AIR DEVICES; ATTACHED PLANE JET; BUOYANCY FLUXES; BUOYANT; BUOYANT FORCES; BUOYANT JETS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; INNER LAYER; JET FLOW; MAXIMUM VELOCITY; MEAN FLOW FIELDS; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MODELLING; PLANE JET; SELF-SIMILARITIES; SLOT HEIGHT; TURBULENT JET; UNSTABLE FLOWS; VELOCITY DECAY; VELOCITY PROFILES;

BUOYANCY; DECAY (ORGANIC); FLOW FIELDS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY;

JETS;

EID: 67749130654     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2009.01.016     Document Type: Article

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