Wind tunnel experiments on wind-induced natural ventilation rate in residential basements with areaway space

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2263-2272

  Bu, Zhen ^a   Kato, Shinsuke ^a   Takahashi, Takeo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Areaway space; Basement; Natural ventilation; Tracer gas technique; Wind tunnel experiment

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; AIR CHANGE RATES; COVERAGE RATIO; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; LIVING ENVIRONMENT; NATURAL VENTILATION; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; TIME-AVERAGED; TRACER GAS; URBAN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; VENTILATION RATE; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT; WIND TUNNEL MODELS;

AERODYNAMICS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; EXPERIMENTS; VENTILATION; WIND TUNNELS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BUILDING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS FLOW; PREDICTION; TRACER; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN HOUSING; VENTILATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 77953536051     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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