33th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences

01.1 - Aircraft Design and Integrated System (Basics and Theory)

ZONAL MODEL BASED AIRCRAFT PASSENGER THERMAL COMFORT COMPARATIVE STUDY

S. Tarroc Gil¹, J. Schminder¹, A. Guerrero i Almirall, UptimAI, Czech Republic; J.I. Tarraga Prieto, MAHLE Electronics S.L.U, Slovenia; R. Vaz Linn, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; ¹Linköping University, Sweden

A Fractional Step Zonal Model solver is proposed, as an alternative to conventional CFD strategies, for carrying out aircraft cabin climatization coarse fluid simulations, capable of performing extensive comparative studies assessing the thermal comfort of passengers and crew during early stages of aircraft design.


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