Performance evaluation of air distribution systems in three different China railway high-speed train cabins using numerical simulation

Building Simulation

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 629-638

  Wang, Haitao ^a   Lin, Miaoda ^a   Chen, Yan ^a  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

air distribution system; droplet transport; high speed rail; performance evaluation; train cabin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906309680     PISSN: 19963599     EISSN: 19968744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12273-014-0168-5     Document Type: Article

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