Design analysis of single-sided natural ventilation

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 785-795

  Allocca, Camille ^a   Chen, Qingyan ^b   Glicksman, Leon R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical method; CFD; Natural ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BUILDINGS; BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

NATURAL VENTILATION;

VENTILATION;

EID: 0038039364     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(02)00239-6     Document Type: Article

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