Methods for controlling airflow in and around a building under cross-ventilation to improve indoor thermal comfort

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 437-449

  Mochida, Akashi ^a   Yoshino, Hiroshi ^a   Takeda, Tomoya ^b   Kakegawa, Toshimasa ^c   Miyauchi, Satoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hokuriku Electric Power Co   (Japan)

^c TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CFD; Cross ventilation; PMV; Tree canopy model

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; FORESTRY; THERMAL EFFECTS; VENTILATION;

AIRFLOW CONTROL; CROSS-VENTILATION; INDOOR AIR; THERMAL COMFORT;

BUILDINGS;

AIRFLOW; BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; VENTILATION;

AIR FLOW; BUILDINGS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; TREES; VENTILATION;

EID: 22144485587     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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