Natural ventilation characteristics of one-sided wind catchers: Experimental and analytical evaluation

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 366-377

  Dehghan, A A ^a   Esfeh, M Kazemi ^a   Manshadi, M Dehghan ^b  

^a YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Malekashtar University   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analytical method; Natural ventilation; One sided wind catcher; Pressure coefficient; Smoke visualization

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; NATURAL VENTILATION; PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS; SMOKE VISUALIZATION; WIND CATCHERS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ANALYTICAL MODELS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; ROOFS; WIND EFFECTS;

VENTILATION;

EID: 84875474391     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.02.048     Document Type: Article

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