Performance evaluation of four-sided square wind catchers with different geometries by numerical method

Engineering Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 9-17

  Ghadiri, Maryam Hossein ^a   Ibrahim, Nik Lukman Nik ^a   Mohamed, Mohd Farid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fluent software; Natural ventilation System; Wind catcher; Wind catcher's blade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885154765     PISSN: 01258281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4186/ej.2013.17.4.9     Document Type: Article

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