Numerical simulation of airflow and temperature fields around an occupant in indoor environment

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 104, Issue , 2015, Pages 199-207

  Taghinia, Javad ^a   Rahman, Md Mizanur ^a   Siikonen, Timo ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

CFD; Displacement ventilation; Indoor environment; LES; One equation model

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; VENTILATION;

DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION; DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION SYSTEM; DYNAMIC SMAGORINSKY MODELS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; LES; ONE-EQUATION MODEL; SUBGRID SCALE MODELS; VELOCITY AND TEMPERATURE FIELDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84938328707     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.06.085     Document Type: Article

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