Impact of various parameters on the CFD predictions of atrium smoke management systems

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 115 PART 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 263-270

  Hadjisophocleous, George ^a   Ko, Yoon J ^b  

^a Department of Industrial Research Chair ^*

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ASPECT RATIO; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; SMOKE;

ATRIUM SMOKE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; FIRE DYNAMICS SIMULATOR; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS; MODEL PREDICTION; MODELING TECHNIQUE; STRETCHING TECHNIQUES; THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 70449500891     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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