Natural ventilation in the double skin facade with venetian blind

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1498-1504

  Xu, Xiao li ^a,b   Yang, Zhao ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b North Electronic Systems Engineering Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

Blind; CFD; Double skin facade; Heat balance model; Optical model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY BALANCE; FACADES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DOUBLE SKIN FACADE; HEAT BALANCE MODELS; OPTICAL MODELS;

VENTILATION;

EID: 43049098552     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2008.02.012     Document Type: Article

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