Air diffusion terminal devices: Macroscopic numbers describing jet momentum

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-54

  Chow, W K ^a   Wong, L T ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; DIFFUSION; FLOW PATTERNS; JETS; SPEED;

DIFFUSER JET MOMENTUM; JET MOMENTUM NUMBER; JET MOMENTUM RATIO; MACROSCOPIC FLOW NUMBERS; THERMAL COMFORT;

VENTILATION;

EID: 0031698245     PISSN: 01436244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014362449801900109     Document Type: Article

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