The night purging of a two-storey atrium building

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 144-155

  Lynch, P M ^a   Hunt, G R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buoyancy driven flow; Multi storey building; Natural ventilation; Night purging

Indexed keywords

ATRIUM BUILDINGS; AXISYMMETRIC; BUOYANCY DRIVEN FLOWS; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION; HEAT EXCHANGE; INTERFACE VELOCITY; MULTISTOREY BUILDINGS; NATURAL VENTILATION; NIGHT PURGING; TURBULENT PLUME; UNIFORM TEMPERATURE; WARM AIR;

BUOYANCY; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL PLUMES; VENTILATION;

BUILDINGS;

BUOYANCY FORCING; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOMETRY; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; TURBULENT FLOW; VENTILATION;

EID: 77956229611     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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