Effects of different CFD modeling approaches and simplification of shape on prediction of flow field around manikin

JH Taghinia, MM Rahman, X Lu - Energy and Buildings, 2018 - Elsevier
Providing a comfortable and pleasant indoor environment for the occupants is the primary
objective of an efficient ventilation process. Therefore, it is important to gain a proper …

Heat transfer and flow analysis of jet impingement on concave surfaces

J Taghinia, M Rahman, T Siikonen - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
The current study evaluates the performance of three turbulence models in predicting the
heat transfer and flow physics of jet impingement on concave surfaces. Two of the applied …

Experimental investigation and large eddy simulations of turbulent slot jet impingement cooling of a circular cylinder with and without a quadrilateral confinement

S Pachpute, B Premachandran - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
In the present study, experimental and numerical investigations have been carried out on a
slot jet impinging over a circular cylinder in order to understand fluid flow and heat transfer …

Simulation of indoor airflow with RAST and SST-SAS models: A comparative study

J Taghinia, M Rahman, T Siikonen - Building Simulation, 2015 - Springer
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) provides a suitable means to predict the air distribution
characteristics in indoor spaces. This paper evaluates the performance of two turbulence …

Large eddy simulation of flow past a circular cylinder with a novel sub-grid scale model

J Taghinia, MM Rahman, T Siikonen - European Journal of Mechanics-B …, 2015 - Elsevier
Flow over a circular cylinder is a significant phenomenon encountered in a wide range of
engineering and industrial applications. It is a challenging case associated with a …

Assessment of zero-equation SGS models for simulating indoor environment

J Taghinia, MM Rahman, TKT Tse - Heat and Mass Transfer, 2016 - Springer
The understanding of air-flow in enclosed spaces plays a key role to designing ventilation
systems and indoor environment. The computational fluid dynamics aspects dictate that the …