Transitions between the multiple steady states in a natural ventilation system with combined buoyancy and wind driven flows

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3500-3516

  Yuan, Jinchao ^a   Glicksman, Leon R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamical system; Minimum perturbation magnitude; Minimum perturbation time; Multiple steady states; Nonlinear dynamics; Perturbation; Stability

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; TRANSITION FLOW; WIND;

MULTIPLE STEADY STATES; NATURAL VENTILATION;

VENTILATION;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; TRANSITION FLOW; VENTILATION; WIND;

BUOYANCY; HEAT SOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; VENTILATION; WIND;

EID: 34250019396     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.10.045     Document Type: Article

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