A laboratory experiment on natural ventilation through a roof cavity for reduction of solar heat gain

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2196-2206

  Susanti, L ^a   Homma, H ^a   Matsumoto, H ^a   Suzuki, Y ^b   Shimizu, M ^c  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Kakegawa Technical School   (Japan)

^c Sala House Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Air velocity; Cavity; Natural ventilation; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AIR; DOMES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROOFS; SOLAR HEATING; SUN; VENTILATION;

AIR FLOWS; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR VELOCITY; APPLICATIONS.; AVERAGE VELOCITY; CAVITY; CAVITY MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL MODELING; HEAT PRODUCTION; INCLINATION ANGLES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; NATURAL VENTILATION; RESISTANCE; REYNOLDS; SOLAR HEAT GAIN; UPPER SURFACE;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

EID: 52149119850     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2008.06.016     Document Type: Article

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