Parametric study on vertical void configurations for improving ventilation performance in the mid-rise apartment building
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TL;DR: In this article , a closed-vertical void configuration was proposed to improve the ventilation performance of the double-loaded apartment building using the validated CFD models, which included the aspect ratio of the void, pilotis size and fin size with various wind directions.
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About: This article is published in Building and Environment. The article was published on 01 Mar 2022. and is currently open access. The article focuses on the topics: Natural ventilation & Apartment.
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