Numerical simulation of heat transfer through hollow bricks in the vertical direction

Journal of Building Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 325-350

  Svoboda, Zbynek ^a   Kubr, Marek ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

computational fluid dynamics; equivalent thermal conductivity; heat transfer; hollow bricks; natural convection; numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

CFD ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL CODES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; EQUIVALENT THERMAL; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HEAT FLOWS; HOLLOW BRICKS; MESH REFINEMENT; NOT GIVEN; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SMALL CAVITIES; THERMAL BRIDGE; VERTICAL CAVITY; VERTICAL DIRECTION;

BRICK; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 79954484105     PISSN: 17442591     EISSN: 17442583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744259110388266     Document Type: Article

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