A note on crack flow equations for ventilation modelling

Building and Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 325-328

  Etheridge, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

POWER LAW; QUADRATIC EQUATION;

VENTILATION;

CRACK; FLUID FLOW; VENTILATION;

EID: 0032170595     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1323(97)00072-3     Document Type: Article

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