Experimental and CFD study of ventilation flow rate of a Monodraught™ windcatcher

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1110-1116

  Su, Yuehong ^a   Riffat, Saffa B ^a   Lin, Yen Liang ^a   Khan, Naghman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Experiment; Ventilation; Windcatcher

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

VENTILATION DEVICES; VENTILATION FLOW RATE; WINDCATCHERS;

VENTILATION;

EID: 38949213703     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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