Liu Wei, Mazumdar Sagnik, Zhang Zhao, Poussou Stephane B, Liu Junjie, Lin Chao-Hsin, Chen Qingyan
School of Environmental Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Build Environ. 2012 Jan;47:5-12. doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.07.005. Epub 2011 Jul 18.
Air distributions in commercial airliner cabins are crucial for creating a thermally comfortable and healthy cabin environment. This paper reviews the methods used in predicting, designing, and analyzing air distributions in the cabins, among which experimental measurements and numerical simulations are the two popular ones. The experimental measurements have usually been seen as more reliable although they are more expensive and time consuming. Most of the numerical simulations use Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) that can provide effectively detailed information. Numerous applications using the two methods can be found in the literature for studying air distributions in aircraft cabins, including investigations on more reliable and accurate models. The review in the paper shows that the studies using both experimental measurements and computer simulations are becoming popular. And it is necessary to use a full-scale test rig to obtain reliable and high quality experimental data. What's more, the hybrid CFD models are found to be rather promising for simulating air distributions in airliner cabins.
商用客机机舱内的空气分布对于营造一个热舒适且健康的机舱环境至关重要。本文综述了用于预测、设计和分析机舱内空气分布的方法，其中实验测量和数值模拟是两种常用方法。实验测量通常被认为更可靠，尽管它们成本更高且耗时更长。大多数数值模拟使用计算流体动力学（CFD），它能有效地提供详细信息。在文献中可以找到许多使用这两种方法研究飞机机舱内空气分布的应用，包括对更可靠、更精确模型的研究。本文的综述表明，同时使用实验测量和计算机模拟的研究正变得越来越普遍。并且有必要使用全尺寸试验台来获取可靠且高质量的实验数据。此外，发现混合CFD模型在模拟客机机舱内的空气分布方面相当有前景。
