Technical dimensioning of a vertically upwards blowing air curtain - Part I

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 681-695

  Sirén, Kai ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air curtains; Buildings; Dimensioning; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR; BUILDINGS; FITS AND TOLERANCES; FLUID MECHANICS; MOISTURE; VENTILATION;

HIGH JET MOMENTUM FLUX;

AIR CURTAINS;

EID: 0037562069     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(02)00223-2     Document Type: Article

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