Combined wind tunnel and CFD analysis for indoor airflow prediction of wind-driven cross ventilation

Building and Environment

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-23

  James Lo, L ^a   Banks, David ^b   Novoselac, Atila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CPP Wind Engineering and Air Quality Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Cross ventilation; Natural ventilation; Wind tunnel test

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW MODEL; BOUNDARY LAYER WIND TUNNEL; BUILDING MODEL; CFD ANALYSIS; CFD SIMULATIONS; CROSS VENTILATION; DESIGN PROCESS; FULL SCALE; INDOOR AIR FLOW; INSTANTANEOUS FLOW; NATURAL VENTILATION; PRESSURE DATA; STEADY STATE; WIND TUNNEL TESTS; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

DIGITAL STORAGE; FORECASTING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; VENTILATION; WIND STRESS; WIND TUNNELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INDOOR AIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; VENTILATION; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 84870296931     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.10.022     Document Type: Article

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