Determining the adventitious leakage of buildings at low pressure. Part 2: Pulse technique

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-96

  Cooper, E W ^a   Etheridge, David W ^a   Smith, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESSURE EFFECTS; STEADY FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

BUILDING ENVELOPE; LOW-PRESSURE LEAKAGE;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

EID: 33847068631     PISSN: 01436244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143624406072331     Document Type: Article

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