Total solar energy transmittance of glass double façades with free convection

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-136

  Manz, Heinrich ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Outdoor test facility; Spectral optical model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FACADES; FLOW PATTERNS; GLASS; NATURAL CONVECTION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; VENTILATION;

COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS; ENERGY TRANSMITTANCE; OUTDOOR TEST FACILITIES; SPECTRAL OPTICAL MODELS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 0348230730     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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