Numerical investigation of the flow behavior of an isothermal impinging jet in a room

Building and Environment

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 154-166

  Chen, H J ^a,b   Moshfegh, B ^a,b   Cehlin, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Impinging jet ventilation; Measurement; Numerical simulation; Parametric study

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; CENTERLINES; CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS; DIMENSIONLESS VELOCITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW BEHAVIORS; FLOW FEATURES; FLOW RANGES; IMPINGEMENT ZONES; IMPINGING JET; IMPINGING JET FLOW; INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS; JET DISCHARGES; MAXIMUM VELOCITY; MEAN FLOW FIELDS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; SPREADING RATE; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; TURBULENT IMPINGING JET; VENTILATION STRATEGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOORS; FORECASTING; MEASUREMENTS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; TURBULENCE MODELS; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

FLOW FIELDS;

AIRFLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW FIELD; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOMETRY; JET FLOW; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; TURBULENCE; VENTILATION;

EID: 80054092934     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.09.027     Document Type: Article

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