The impact of urban wind environments on natural ventilation

International Journal of Ventilation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-28

  Turkbeyler, Erdal ^a,b   Yao, Runming ^a   Nobile, Rosario ^a   Bentham, Tom ^c   Lim, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^c Max Fordham LLP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buildings; CFD simulation; Natural ventilation; Urban airflow; Urban building layout; Wind

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; WIND;

BUILDING COMPLEXES; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SOFTWARE; NATURAL VENTILATION; UNIVERSITY OF READING , UK; URBAN AIRFLOW; URBAN BUILDING LAYOUTS; VENTILATION STRATEGY;

VENTILATION;

EID: 84862703378     PISSN: 14733315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733315.2012.11683967     Document Type: Article

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