A CFD study of air movement in designated refuge floor

International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 169-176

  Lu, W Z ^a   Lo, S M ^a   Fang, Z ^b   Yuen, K K ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Airflow pattern; Cross ventilation; Floor planning; High rise building; Numerical simulation; Refuge floor

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044531682     PISSN: 10618562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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