Numerical studies of displacement natural ventilation in multi-storey buildings connected an atrium

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-222

  Ji, Yingchun ^a   Cook, M J ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIMNEYS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOORS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW RATE; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TALL BUILDINGS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS; MULTI-STOREY SPACES;

VENTILATION;

EID: 34548257672     PISSN: 01436244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143624407077190     Document Type: Article

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