Downdraught assessment during design: Experimental and numerical evaluation of a rule of thumb

Building and Environment

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 290-301

  Schellen, L ^a   Timmers, S ^a   Loomans, M ^a   Nelissen, E ^a   Hensen, J L M ^a   Van Marken Lichtenbelt, W ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Downdraught; Glazed fa ades; Rule of thumb; Subjective responses; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES; CLIMATE CHAMBERS; DESIGN OPTION; DOWNDRAUGHT; FLOOR HEATING; IN-BUILDINGS; NUMERICAL EVALUATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE; PARAMETER STUDIES; RULE OF THUMB; SUBJECTIVE RESPONSES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOORS; THERMAL COMFORT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84862760442     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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