Flow and contaminant transport in an airliner cabin induced by a moving body: Model experiments and CFD predictions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2830-2839

  Poussou, Stephane B ^a   Mazumdar, Sagnik ^a   Plesniak, Michael W ^a,b   Sojka, Paul E ^a   Chen, Qingyan ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft cabin; CFD; Contaminant transport; Human wake; PIV; PLIF; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT CABINS; CENTERLINES; CFD; CFD MODELS; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW FEATURES; HUMAN BODIES; INTERMITTENCY; MODEL EXPERIMENTS; MOVING BODY; ON FLOW; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PIV MEASUREMENTS; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; SMALL-SCALE MODELS; WAKE FLOWS; WATER BASED;

AIRCRAFT; CABINS (AIRCRAFT); CONTAMINATION; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION; WAKES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; INDOOR AIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; VENTILATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CABIN; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; FLOW KINETICS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MODEL; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77953961459     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.04.053     Document Type: Article

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