Question: ( b ) Natural ventilation can improve indoor environmental quality. A building is located in a large suburban area, where the wind exponent is 0

(b) Natural ventilation can improve indoor environmental quality. A building is
located in a large suburban area, where the wind exponent is 0.33, and the
boundary layer height of the wind is 460m. The design wind velocity from
measurements at a nearby station is 10ms at a measurement height of 10m, where
the boundary layer height for the station is 270m and the wind exponent for the
station is 0.14. The wind (pressure) coefficient of the windward wall b is 0.8, the
wind (pressure) coefficient of the leeward wall is -0.2, and the flow coefficient
of openings is 0.65. The window opening sizes on the two opposite walls are 6m2
and 10m2 respectively, and air density is 1.2kgm3. With the following given
equations, determine
(i) the wind pressure at openings of the building walls,
(ii) the effective flow area in the flow path from one side to the opposite side of
the building, and
(iii) the flow rate of the building due to the wind.
(10 marks)
Note: Equations are given as follows (with Abbreviations and symbols being
appeared as their usual meaning):
Ch=(metHmet)2amet(H)2a
pw=12(?bar(C)w1-bar(C)w2)KwoUH2
Ae=(1A12+1A22+1A32)-12
VT=K0CAe2p2
( b ) Natural ventilation can improve indoor

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