CFD analysis of cross-ventilation of a generic isolated building with asymmetric opening positions: Impact of roof angle and opening location

Building and Environment

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 263-276

  Peren J I ^a,b   van Hooff, T ^c   Leite, B C C ^a   Blocken, B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Building aerodynamics; Building geometry; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Model validation; Natural ventilation; Urban physics

Indexed keywords

AIR; BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FLOW RATE; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; ROOFS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TURBULENCE MODELS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION; WIND TUNNELS;

BUILDING AERODYNAMICS; BUILDING GEOMETRY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MODEL VALIDATION; NATURAL VENTILATION; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES (RANS)EQUATIONS; SHEAR-STRESS TRANSPORT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MODEL VALIDATION; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; VENTILATION;

EID: 84919909654     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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