Passive air exchanges between building and urban canyon via openings in a single façade

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 364-373

  Syrios, K ^a   Hunt, G R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laboratory modelling; Single sided passive ventilation; Urban canyon

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW RATE; WIND;

LABORATORY MODELLING; SINGLE-SIDED PASSIVE VENTILATION; THERMALLY DRIVEN-FLOW; WIND FLOW;

VENTILATION;

AERODYNAMICS; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW RATE; VENTILATION; WIND;

EID: 37549063334     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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