Air pressure transient generation as a result of falling solids in building drainage stacks: Definition, mechanisms and modelling

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-70

  Gormley, M ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DRAINAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VENTS;

AIR PRESSURE TRANSIENT; DRAINAGE AND VENT SYSTEMS; TRAP SEAL;

CLIMATE CONTROL;

DAPHNE VIRUS S;

EID: 33847029066     PISSN: 01436244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143624406071980     Document Type: Article

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