Effects of roof design on the wind-induced ventilation performance of atrium spaces

Sun, Wind and Architecture - The Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, PLEA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 352-359

  Li, Rong ^a   Pitts, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrium buildings; CFD; Recirculation; Roof; Wind induced ventilation

Indexed keywords

ATRIUM BUILDINGS; BARREL VAULT; NATURAL VENTILATION; RECIRCULATIONS; ROOF SHAPE;

ARCHITECTURE; ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; VENTILATION;

ROOFS;

EID: 84864146258     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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