An Investigation of the Impact of Floor Setting on Airflow and Smoke Extraction in Designated Refuge Floor

International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 327-337

  Lu, W Z ^a   Lo, S M ^a   Yuen, K K ^a   Fang, Z ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Airflow pattern; Cross ventilation; Floor planning; High rise building; Refuge floor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035634182     PISSN: 10618562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618560108940732     Document Type: Article

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