Describes use of water tanks to simulate two- and three-dimensional natural ventilation air flows through open doors and windows. Density differences are produced by dissolved salt. The technique is inexpensive and visualisation of flows through complicated patterns of doors and passageways, and even separate floors can be easily set up.
Buoyancy driven flow through an open door.
Year:
1985
Bibliographic info:
Air Infiltration Review, Vol 6, No 4, August 1985, p4-5. 4 figs, 3 refs.