The assessment of the performance of a windcatcher system using computational fluid dynamics

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1135-1141

  Li, Liu ^a   Mak, C M ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Buildings; CFD; Green features; Natural ventilation; Windcatcher

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; WIND TUNNELS;

AIRFLOW; NATURAL VENTILATION; WIND SPEED; WINDCATCHER;

VENTILATION;

AERODYNAMICS; BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; VENTILATION; WIND TUNNELS;

BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; VENTILATION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 33751185345     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.12.015     Document Type: Article

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