Numerical study of unsteady airflow phenomena in a ventilated room

Computational Thermal Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 317-333

  Horikiri, Kana ^a   Yao, Yufeng ^a   Yao, Jun ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Flow unsteadiness; Room ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR VELOCITIES; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW PHENOMENA; FLOW UNSTEADINESS; FOURIER; GRID REFINEMENT; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INFLOW CONDITIONS; MEASURING POINTS; MESH TOPOLOGIES; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATION; SHARP EDGES; SHEAR-STRESS TRANSPORT; STRUCTURED MESH; TEMPERATURE DATA; TEMPERATURE OSCILLATIONS; TEST DATA; VELOCITY OSCILLATIONS; VENTILATED ROOM;

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIGITAL STORAGE; MIXED CONVECTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOPOLOGY; TURBULENCE MODELS; VELOCITY;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84868281793     PISSN: 19402503     EISSN: 19402554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/ComputThermalScien.2012005093     Document Type: Article

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