An experimental study of wind-driven cross ventilation in partitioned buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 667-673

  Chu, Chia Ren ^a   Chiu, Y H ^b   Wang, Yu Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Discharge coefficient; Natural ventilation; Partition; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

CROSS VENTILATION; DISCHARGE COEFFICIENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW CONDITION; INTERNAL PARTITIONS; INTERNAL POROSITY; INTERNAL PRESSURE; NATURAL VENTILATION; PREDICTIVE MODELS; VENTILATION RATE; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT;

AERODYNAMICS; BUILDINGS; POROSITY; WIND TUNNELS;

VENTILATION;

EID: 77949309861     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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