Air flow measurements in the underground section of a UK light rail system

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-30

  Pflitsch, A ^a   Bruene, M ^a   Steiling, B ^a   Killing Heinze, M ^b   Agnew, B ^c   Irving, M ^d   Lockhart, J ^d  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Nexus   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air flow measurement; Subway climatology; Underground railways

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; AIR VELOCITIES; AIRFLOW MEASUREMENTS; BACKGROUND FLOW; EMERGENCY SERVICE; FLOW REVERSALS; LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM; METRO SYSTEM; NATURAL AIR; SUBWAY SYSTEMS; THERMAL IMAGES; TOXIC AGENTS; TRAIN MOVEMENT; UNDERGROUND RAILWAY; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

AIR; CLIMATOLOGY; FLOWMETERS; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; SUBWAYS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNDERPASSES; VENTILATION;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

EID: 80053603233     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.07.030     Document Type: Article

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