Shading simulation of the courtyard form in different climatic regions

Building and Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1731-1741

  Muhaisen, Ahmed S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building form; Climatic architecture; Courtyard; Shading; Thermal simulation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BUILDING FORM; CLIMATIC ARCHITECTURE; COURTYARD DESIGN; SHADING;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CLIMATE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATIC REGION; SHADING;

AFRICA; ASIA; CAIRO [EGYPT]; EGYPT; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; KUALA LUMPUR [WEST MALAYSIA]; LAZIO; MALAYSIA; NORTH AFRICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 33745979533     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.07.016     Document Type: Article

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