Effect of damper and heat source on wind catcher natural ventilation performance

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 939-948

  Elmualim, Abbas Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ventilation; Visualisation testing; Wind catcher

Indexed keywords

FLOW CONTROL; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE CONTROL; SMOKE; VENTILATION; WIND TUNNELS;

PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS; VISUALISATION TESTING; WIND CATCHER;

DAMPING;

EID: 33747303796     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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