Multiple steady states in combined buoyancy and wind driven natural ventilation: The conditions for multiple solutions and the critical point for initial conditions

Building and Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-69

  Yuan, Jinchao ^a   Glicksman, Leon R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamical system; Initial values; Multiple steady states; Necessary conditions

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; WIND EFFECTS;

STEADY STATE EQUATION; TRANSIENT SYSTEM;

VENTILATION;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; VENTILATION; WIND EFFECTS;

BUOYANCY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; VENTILATION;

EID: 34548381640     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.11.035     Document Type: Article

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