Experimental and numerical study of airflows in a full-scale room

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 115 PART 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 867-886

  Jiang, Jianbo ^a   Wang, Xinlei ^b   Sun, Yigang ^b   Zhang, Yuanhui ^b  

^a MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR VELOCITIES; AIRCRAFT CABINS; HUMAN HEALTH; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; JET PENETRATION; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PARTICLE STREAK; RANS MODELS; REATTACHMENT LENGTH; RECIRCULATIONS; REYNOLDS STRESS MODELS; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; SECONDARY VORTEX; SUBGRID MODEL; VELOCIMETRY; VENTILATED ROOM; VENTILATION RATE; VENTILATION SYSTEMS; WORKING ENVIRONMENT;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CABINS (AIRCRAFT); FORECASTING; HEATING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

VENTILATION;

EID: 77950788140     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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