CFD prediction of airflow in buildings for natural ventilation

11th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Meroney, Robert N ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D SIMULATIONS; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITIONS; IN-BUILDINGS; NATURAL VENTILATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 77956906600     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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