Modified 'closure' constants of the Standard k-ε turbulence model for the prediction of wind-induced natural ventilation

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 241-261

  Stavrakakis, G M ^a   Tomazinakis, N M ^a   Markatos, N C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER RESOURCES; ENERGY REDUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; IN-BUILDINGS; MODIFIED MODEL; NATURAL VENTILATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS; STREAMWISE VELOCITY; VERTICAL VELOCITY COMPONENTS; WIND CHARACTERISTICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; PRANDTL NUMBER; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE MODELS;

VENTILATION;

EID: 84862587536     PISSN: 01436244     EISSN: 14770849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143624411407950     Document Type: Article

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