Lagrangian particle modeling in the indoor environment: A comparison of RANS and les turbulence methods (RP-1512)

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 480-495

  Liu, Shichao ^a   Novoselac, Atila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONTROL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSIONS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATION; DIFFERENT PARTICLE SIZES; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE MODEL; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; VENTILATION PATTERNS;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

EID: 84901016009     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2014.884380     Document Type: Conference Paper

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