Modeling coupled heat transfer and air flow in a partitioned building with a zonal model: Application to the winter thermal comfort

Building Simulation

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-74

  Boukhris, Yosr ^a   Gharbi, Leila ^a   Ghrab Morcos, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

air flow; open doorway; temperature distribution; thermal comfort; zonal modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960118280     PISSN: 19963599     EISSN: 19968744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/S12273-009-9405-8     Document Type: Article

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