Optimal air distribution design in enclosed spaces using an adjoint method

Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 760-779

  Liu, Wei ^a,b   Chen, Qingyan ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

adjoint method; inlet boundary conditions; inverse design; optimal control; ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; VENTILATION;

ADJOINT METHODS; AIR DISTRIBUTION; DESIGN OBJECTIVES; GRADIENT-BASED METHOD; INLET AIR CONDITION; INVERSE DESIGNS; MULTIPLE OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMAL CONTROLS;

STEEPEST DESCENT METHOD;

EID: 84930179439     PISSN: 17415977     EISSN: 17415985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17415977.2014.933832     Document Type: Article

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