Interaction between wind and buoyancy effects in natural ventilation of buildings

Open Construction and Building Technology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue SPEC. ISS.1, 2010, Pages 134-145

  Gan, Guohui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrium; Buoyancy; CFD; Natural ventilation; Ventilation rate; Wind effect

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; WIND EFFECTS;

AIRFLOW PATTERNS; ATRIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; NATURAL VENTILATION; NATURALLY VENTILATED BUILDINGS; VENTILATION OPENINGS; VENTILATION RATE; WIND-DRIVEN FLOWS;

VENTILATION;

EID: 84885525746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18748368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874836801004010134     Document Type: Article

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