Window and roof configurations for comfort ventilation: A study modelling the influence of design elements and passive design to improve ventilation in tropical conditions

Building Research and Information

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 218-225

  Kindangen, Jefrey I ^a  

^a SAM RATULANGI UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Comfort ventilation; Computational fluid dynamics; Passive design; Tropical conditions; Window and roof configurations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345634851     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096132197370345     Document Type: Article

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