Simulation of buoyancy-driven natural ventilation of buildings - Impact of computational domain

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1290-1300

  Gan, Guohui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; CFD; Computational domain; Heat distribution ratio; Heat flux; Heat transfer coefficient; Natural ventilation; Solar chimney; Ventilation rate

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL DOMAIN; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; HEAT DISTRIBUTION; HEAT DISTRIBUTION RATIO; NATURAL VENTILATION; SOLAR CHIMNEY; VENTILATION RATE;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HEATING; INLET FLOW; SOLAR CHIMNEYS;

VENTILATION;

EID: 77955318720     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.02.022     Document Type: Article

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