Investigation of natural ventilation with computational fluid dynamics a comparison study with wind tunnel results

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-120

  Kindangen, J ^a,b   Krauss, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b SAM RATULANGI UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Comparison study; Computational fluid dynamics; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042236892     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00038628.1996.9697366     Document Type: Article

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