Wind-induced ventilation performances and airflow characteristics in an areaway-attached basement with a single-sided opening

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 911-921

  Bu U, Zhen ^a   Kato, Shinsuke ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Areaway; Basement; Homogeneous emission rate; Large eddy simulation; Single sided natural ventilation; Wind tunnel experiment

Indexed keywords

AREAWAY; BASEMENT; EMISSION RATES; NATURAL VENTILATION; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT;

AERODYNAMICS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VENTILATION; WIND TUNNELS;

EXPERIMENTS;

AIRFLOW; BASEMENT (BUILDING); COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOMOGENEITY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VENTILATION; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 78649911820     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.10.019     Document Type: Article

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