Numerical simulation of concrete hollow bricks by the finite volume method

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 23-24, 2009, Pages 5598-5607

  Sun, Jiapeng ^a   Fang, Liang ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Concrete hollow brick; Equivalent thermal conductivity; Finite volume method; Multi mode heat transfer

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE BRICKS; ENERGY SAVING; EQUIVALENT THERMAL; EQUIVALENT THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISM; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; HOLLOW BRICKS; INNER SURFACES; MULTI-MODE HEAT TRANSFER; NATURE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY VECTOR DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL DIRECTION; VOID VOLUME FRACTION;

BRICK; BRICKMAKING; BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; RESEARCH; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; VOID FRACTION;

ENCLOSURES;

EID: 69949098323     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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