Validation of computational fluid dynamics simulations for atria geometries

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1343-1353

  Rundle, C A ^a   Lightstone, M F ^a   Oosthuizen, P ^b   Karava, P ^c   Mouriki, E ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atria; Building simulation; CFD; Solar energy; Validation

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; ATRIA; BUILDING SIMULATION; CFD; CFD CODES; COMMON FEATURES; COMPLEX FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER MODELING; TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS; TURBULENT NATURAL CONVECTION; VALIDATION; VELOCITY FIELD;

BUILDINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; GEOMETRY; HEAT CONVECTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; MODEL VALIDATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 79951951611     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.12.019     Document Type: Article

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