Effect of ground boundary and initial conditions on the thermal performance of buildings

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2602-2609

  Luo, C ^a   Moghtaderi, B ^a   Page, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adiabatic boundary condition; Building energy consumption; Building simulation; Building thermal performance; Finite volume method (FVM); Heat flux continuum boundary condition

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; BUILDING SIMULATION; BUILDING THERMAL PERFORMANCE; FINITE VOLUME METHOD (FVM);

AIR CONDITIONING; BRICK; BRICKMAKING; BUILDINGS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FORECASTING; HEAT FLUX; MIXED CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EID: 77956226555     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.07.013     Document Type: Article

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