Buoyancy Effects on Natural Ventilation

Describes the fundamental effects of buoyancy, a key force in driving air and transporting heat and pollutants around a building's interior.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Some preliminaries; 3. Sources of identical sign; 4. Sources of opposite sign; 5. Some common flow complications arising from more complex geometries.

About the author

Dr Taiyoot Torwong Chenvidyakarn holds a Lectureship at the University of Cambridge and is a Fellow in Architecture at Magdalene College. He teaches and researches in the area of building physics for sustainable design at Cambridge BP Institute and the Departments of Engineering and Architecture. He received his Master's and PhD degrees from Cambridge. He is a frequent author of articles for leading international peer-reviewed journals, such as Building and Environment, Energy and Buildings, CIBSE's Building Services Engineering Research and Technology and the International Journal of Ventilation and sits on the editorial boards of two international journals: Building Urban, Interior and Landscape Design and Technology and the Journal of Architectural Research and Studies.

Product details

• Authors: Taiyoot Torwong Chenvidyakarn, Torwong Chenvidyakarn, Chenvidyakarn Torwong
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2013
• EAN: 9781107015302
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01530-2
• No. of pages: 273
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical, Technology: general issues, Fluid mechanics, Mechanics of fluids, Nonlinear science, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Heating, lighting, ventilation, Engineering: Mechanics of fluids