On the suitability of steady RANS CFD for forced mixing ventilation at transitional slot Reynolds numbers

Indoor Air

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 236-249

  van Hooff, T ^a,b   Blocken, B ^a   van Heijst, G J F ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Forced mixing ventilation; Model validation; Particle image velocimetry; Steady Reynolds averaged Navier Stokes; Transitional flow

Indexed keywords

ENCLOSURES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MIXING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TURBULENCE MODELS; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION;

FORCED MIXING VENTILATIONS; IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; K-Ε MODEL; MODEL VALIDATION; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PARTICLE IMAGES; REYNOLD NUMBER; REYNOLDS - AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; STEADY REYNOLD-AVERAGED NAVI-STOKE; TRANSITIONAL FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84876708778     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12010     Document Type: Article

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