Modelling and simulation of the near-wall velocity of a turbulent ceiling attached plane jet after its impingement with the corner

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 489-500

  Cao, Guangyu ^a,b   Ruponen, Mika ^c   Paavilainen, Risto ^c   Kurnitski, Jarek ^d  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c Halton Oy Halton Indoors ^*  (Finland)

^d Sitra the Finnish Innovation Fund   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air distribution; Attached plane jet; CFD; Jet impingement; Maximum jet velocity

Indexed keywords

AIR DISTRIBUTION; CFD; JET IMPINGEMENT; MAXIMUM JET VELOCITY; PLANE JET;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; CEILINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FORECASTING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY;

VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 77957820260     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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