On the competition between lateral convection and upward displacement in a multi-zone naturally ventilated space

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 707, Issue , 2012, Pages 393-404

  Kuesters, Andrea S ^a   Woods, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

buoyancy driven instability; convection in cavities; flow control

Indexed keywords

FLOW CONTROL; VENTILATION;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN INSTABILITY; CONTROLLED NATURAL VENTILATION; CONVECTION IN CAVITIES; CONVECTION-DOMINATED FLOW; DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; TEMPERATURE CONTRAST; VENTILATED SPACES;

HEAT CONVECTION;

AIRFLOW; BUOYANCY; CONVECTION; FLOW CONTROL; INSTABILITY; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; VENTILATION;

EID: 84866106738     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.287     Document Type: Article

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