A numerical investigation into the effect of Windvent louvre external angle on passive stack ventilation performance

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1025-1036

  Hughes, Ben Richard ^a   Ghani, S A A Abdul ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buildings; CFD; Natural ventilation; Passive ventilation; Sustainable resources

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; FRESH AIR; INTERNAL PRESSURE; LOW PRESSURES; NATURAL VENTILATION; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PASSIVE VENTILATION; PATENT NUMBER; PERFORMANCE ENHANCING; PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL; PREVAILING WINDS; SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES; WARM AIR;

AIRFOILS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; SHEET METAL; VELOCITY; VENTILATION;

PRESSURE EFFECTS;

BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INDOOR AIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE EFFECT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VENTILATION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 71949116443     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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