Experimental characterization of full-scale naturally ventilated atrium and validation of CFD simulations

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 285-291

  Ray, Stephen D ^a   Gong, Nan Wei ^a   Glicksman, Leon R ^a   Paradiso, Joseph A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atria; CFD; Full scale experiment; Natural ventilation; Validation

Indexed keywords

ATRIA; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; FULL-SCALE EXPERIMENT; NATURAL VENTILATION; NATURALLY VENTILATED BUILDINGS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE;

BUOYANCY; EXPERIMENTS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TURBULENCE MODELS; VENTILATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84889077810     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.11.018     Document Type: Article

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