An overview of unsteady analysis techniques for natural wind turbulence and its effects on natural ventilation

International Journal of Ventilation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-76

  Meyer, Ryan D ^a   Tan, Gang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Natural ventilation; Proper orthogonal decomposition; Stochastic estimation; Turbulent dynamics; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT PROPULSION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DATA HANDLING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; THERMAL COMFORT; TURBULENCE; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WAVELET DECOMPOSITION;

BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; BUILDING ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; NATURAL VENTILATION; PREDICTIVE MODELS; PROPER ORTHOGONAL DECOMPOSITIONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; STOCHASTIC ESTIMATION; TURBULENT DYNAMICS;

VENTILATION;

EID: 84901621914     PISSN: 14733315     EISSN: 20444044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733315.2014.11684037     Document Type: Article

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