Performance of ventilator components for natural ventilation applications

Building and Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1821-1830

  Sharples, Steve ^a   Chilengwe, Nelson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Capita Health Solutions   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airflow; Mesh screen; Natural ventilation; Pressure driving force; Ventilator

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIRFLOW; MESH-SCREEN; NATURAL VENTILATION; PRESSURE DRIVING FORCE;

VENTILATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VENTILATION;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VENTILATION;

EID: 33746002299     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.08.012     Document Type: Article

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