Thermal behavior of buildings with curved roofs as compared with flat roofs

Solar Energy

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 273-286

  Tang, Runsheng ^a   Meir, I A ^a   Etzion, Y ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOMES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE;

CURVED ROOFS;

ROOFS;

AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; ROOF;

EID: 0042926675     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(03)00193-2     Document Type: Article

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