Natural ventilation of a room with vents at multiple levels

Building and Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 505-521

  Fitzgerald, Shaun D ^a   Woods, Andrew W ^a  

^a BP Institute for Multiphase Flow ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buoyancy forces; Multiple vents; Natural ventilation

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

AIR FLOWS; NEUTRAL BUOYANCY;

VENTILATION;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN FLOW; INDOOR AIR; PRESSURE GRADIENT; VENTILATION;

EID: 1342331026     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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