Experimental and numerical investigation of the tracer gas methodology in the case of a naturally cross-ventilated building

Building and Environment

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 379-388

  Nikolopoulos, Nikos ^a   Nikolopoulos, Aristeidis ^a   Larsen, Tine S ^b   Nikas, Konstantinos Stefanos P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Building; CFD; Natural ventilation; Tracer gas methodology

Indexed keywords

AERATION RATE; AIR CHANGE RATES; CONTROL VOLUMES; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY; INCIDENCE ANGLES; INDUCED FLOW FIELD; INLET VELOCITY PROFILE; NATURAL VENTILATION; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OUTLET VELOCITY PROFILES; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; TIME DEPENDENT; TRACER GAS;

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INLET FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION;

BUILDINGS;

BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRACER; VENTILATION; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 84860322686     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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