Measurements and numerical modeling of flow field and pollutant dispersion in areaway space

Building Simulation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-38

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

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

areaway; basement; large eddy simulation; natural ventilation; wind tunnel experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649953713     PISSN: 19963599     EISSN: 19968744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12273-010-0303-x     Document Type: Article

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