The impact of venetian blind geometry and tilt angle on view, direct light transmission and interior illuminance

Solar Energy

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1172-1191

  Tzempelikos, Athanassios ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Daylighting; Direct light transmission; Shading; Venetian blinds; View

Indexed keywords

DAYLIGHTING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIGHTING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REFLECTION; WINDOWS;

CIRCLE ARCS; DIRECT LIGHT TRANSMISSION; EDGE EFFECTS; GEOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; REFLECTED COMPONENTS; ROTATION ANGLES; SHADING; SYSTEMATIC METHODS; TILT ANGLES; TRANSMITTANCE EQUATIONS; VENETIAN BLINDS; VIEW; WINDOW AREAS;

TRANSPARENCY;

GEOMETRY; LIGHT; SHADING;

EID: 55249114626     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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