Sensitivity of air change rates in a naturally ventilated atrium space subject to variations in external wind speed and direction

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1577-1585

  Horan, Joseph M ^a   Finn, Donal P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Air change rate (ACH); Building atrium; CFD; Natural ventilation; Non design conditions; Sensitivity study

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DATA REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPEED CONTROL; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

AIR CHANGE RATE (ACH); BUILDING ATRIUM; NATURAL VENTILATION; NON DESIGN CONDITIONS;

VENTILATION;

EID: 43049162461     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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