Evaluation of various turbulence models for the prediction of the airflow and temperature distributions in atria

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 18-28

  Hussain, Shafqat ^a   Oosthuizen, Patrick H ^a   Kalendar, Abdulrahim ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrium; CFD modeling; Experimental measurements; Turbulence models; Validation

Indexed keywords

ATRIUM; CFD MODELING; CFD SOLVER; DISCRETE TRANSFER RADIATION MODELS; EXISTING BUILDING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; INDOOR AIR FLOW; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; MODELING APPROACH; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ONE-EQUATION MODEL; PREDICTION CAPABILITY; RADIATION EXCHANGE; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; STEADY STATE; THERMAL CONDITION; TWO-EQUATION MODEL; TWO-EQUATION TURBULENCE MODELS; VALIDATION;

FORECASTING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

EID: 84858078515     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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