Airbase

AIRBASE is the Bibliographic Database of the AIVC. It contains publications and abstracts of articles related to energy efficient ventilation. Where possible, sufficient detail is supplied in the bibliographic details for users to trace and order the material via their own libraries. Topics include: ventilation strategies, design and retrofit methods, calculation techniques, standards and regulations, measurement methods, indoor air quality and energy implications etc. Entries are based on articles and reports published in journals, internal publications and research reports, produced both by university departments and by building research institutions throughout the world. AIRBASE has grown and evolved over many years (1979 to present day, over 22000 references and 16000 documents available online). For most of the references, the full document is also available online.

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Describes the philosophy and formulation of the simple and detailed procedures for wind loading of the Canadian National Building Code of 1970.
Davenport A.G. Dalgliesh W.A.
Known principles for the prevention of rain penetration and air leakage are not being applied in practice.
Garden G.K.
Describes apparatus and test method used for measuring air leakage through metal windows in the laboratory. Gives results for different types of windows and summarises air tightness standards in Japan and other countries.
Shoda T. Terasawa T. Katayama T.
Reports measurements of air pollutants inside and outside three pairs of structures for different seasons of the year. Four pollutants were measured, suspended particulate, soiling particulate, carbon monoxide and sulphur dioxide.
Yocom J.E. Clink W.L. Cote W.A.
Presents results of a survey of natural infiltration rates in 2 identical modern homes-one gas fuelled and one electric-over aperiod of a year.
Elkins R.H. Wensman C.E.
Discusses the effect of wind on air change rates in buildings. Reports series of model tests conducted in a water flume and a wind tunnel.
Malinowski H.K.
Reports experiments carried out in a wind tunnel on two kinds of two-dimensional roughness arrays and on one array of three-dimensional roughness with a turbulent boundary layer growing over the arrays.
Joubert P.N. Perry A.E. Stevens L.K.
Reports an investigation of wind loading with emphasis on the local pressure fluctuations, on a small scale building model in a thick turbulent boundary layer wind tunnel.
Cermak J.E. Sadeh W.Z.
Reports measurements of wind pressure distributions on a model of tall building made in a turbulent wind tunnel with a velocity gradient.
Miyoshi S. Ida M. Miura T.
Reports full-scale studies of wind pressures on a tall prismatic building under a strong wind.
Makino M. Nakahara M. Sato T.
Reports measurements of concentrations of thorium, potassium, uranium radium, and relative radioactivity of building materials used in the United Kingdom. Gives table of results.
Hamilton E.I.
Reports study of the exposure rate due to the gamma-ray natural background in some representative areas of Italy using a portable high-pressure ionization chamber.
Cardinale A. Frittelli L. Lembo G. Gera F. Ilari O.
Animal houses such as piggeries and cattle sheds are commonly ventilated using extraction fans in the ridge of the building. Fresh air is introduced through wide openings. These openings are screened by a baffle.
Brandsma C.
Describes a computer technique for analysing air movement resulting from stack effect in a tall building. Describes the method which determines the air flows for all possible paths through exterior walls and within the building.
Barrett R.E. Locklin P.W.
Considers that air change measurement by means of tracer gas is the best way of measuring natural air infiltration in buildings.
Valbjorn O.
In this paper it is our intention to consider that ventilation is the circulation or passage of an air supply through an enclosure resulting in the displacement of some or all of the air contained in that enclosure by thesupply air.
Jennings, B. H., Armstrong, J. A.
This paper describes a research project undertaken at the Building Research Station to measure wind pressures at rhe GPO Tower, London. and dynamic strains in the tower shaft.
Eaton K J, Mayne J R

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