A study of natural ventilation in a refuge floor

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3322-3332

  Cheng, Charles C K ^a   Lam, K M ^b   Yuen, Richard K K ^a   Lo, S M ^a   Liang, J ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

High rise fire safety; Natural ventilation; Refuge floor design

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BUILDING CODES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOORS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TALL BUILDINGS; WIND; WIND TUNNELS;

NATURAL VENTILATION; REFUGE FLOOR;

VENTILATION;

AERODYNAMICS; BUILDING CODES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOORS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TALL BUILDINGS; VENTILATION; WIND; WIND TUNNELS;

BUILDING CODE; DESIGN; FLOOR; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; REFUGE; VENTILATION;

EID: 34147158305     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.08.031     Document Type: Article

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