The lock-up phenomenon of exhaled flow in a stable thermally-stratified indoor environment

Building and Environment

Volumn 116, Issue , 2017, Pages 246-256

  Zhou, Qi ^a   Qian, Hua ^a   Ren, Haigang ^b   Li, Yuguo ^c   Nielsen, Peter V ^d  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Science and Technology on Underwater Acoustic Antagonizing Laboratory Systems Engineering Research Institute of CSSC   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Buoyant jet; Dispersion; Exhaled flow; Jet mechanics; Temperature gradient

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; VENTILATION;

BUOYANT JETS; DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS; DISPERSION MODELING; DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION; EXHALED FLOW; OSCILLATORY TRAJECTORIES; THERMALLY STRATIFIED; THERMALLY STRATIFIED ENVIRONMENT;

LOCKS (FASTENERS);

DISPERSION; INDOOR AIR; JET FLOW; MODELING; POWER LAW; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VENTILATION;

EID: 85014448698     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.02.010     Document Type: Article

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