The assessment of the performance of balconies using computational fluid dynamics

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-243

  Ai, Z T ^a,b   Mak, C M ^a   Niu, J L ^a   Li, Z R ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING HEIGHT; BUILDING MODEL; CROSS-VENTILATION; DESIGN STAGE; IN-BUILDINGS; NATURAL VENTILATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS; WIND DIRECTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOORS; VENTILATION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 79960549886     PISSN: 01436244     EISSN: 14770849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143624411404646     Document Type: Article

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