Thermal analysis of vaulted roofs

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-275

  Hadavand, M ^a   Yaghoubi, M ^a   Emdad, H ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Flat roof; Passive cooling; RNG k turbulence model; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HEAT PROBLEMS; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMOANALYSIS; TURBULENCE MODELS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WIND STRESS;

COOLING BUILDINGS; HOT ARID REGIONS; RIM ANGLES; VAULT SHAPES; VAULTED ROOFS;

ROOFS;

EID: 37349111507     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2007.02.024     Document Type: Article

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