Using CFD to investigate ventilation characteristics of vaults as wind-inducing devices in buildings

Applied Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1126-1140

  Asfour, Omar S ^a   Gadi, Mohamed B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Curved roofs; Natural ventilation; Vault

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; ROOFS;

CURVED ROOFS; INTERNAL AIRFLOW; NATURAL VENTILATION; PARAMETRIC STUDY; ROOF OPENINGS; THREE DIMENSIONAL MODELLING; VAULT; WIND DIRECTIONS;

VENTILATION;

AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; VENTILATION; WIND;

EID: 49849101282     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2007.10.015     Document Type: Article

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