Characteristic of airflow as the effect of balcony, opening design and internal division on indoor velocity: A case study of traditional dwelling in urban living quarter in tropical humid region

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 401-409

  Prianto, E ^a   Depecker, P ^a  

^a CERMA UMR CNRS 1563   (France)

Author keywords

Air velocity coefficient; Natural ventilation; Numerical simulation; Tropical humid regions; Two storied building

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FLOW PATTERNS; TROPICAL BUILDINGS;

TROPICAL HUMID REGIONS;

VENTILATION;

EID: 0036532730     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(01)00124-4     Document Type: Article

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