Courtyard Space and Natural Ventilation of National Fitness Center in Hot and Humid Areas

Abstract:

To improve the air change rate under natural ventilation and the comfort level of sport field of national fitness centers in hot and humid areas, an analog computation was conducted for courtyard models with different sizes and shapes via the softwares such as Fluent and Weather Tool, taking Guangzhou area as an example. It is discovered that under the same external conditions and in a certain building boundary size, enlarging the width of courtyard is beneficial for improving indoor ventilation of sport spaces with the same depth, and semi-open courtyard can lead to better ventilation compared with completely open courtyard with the same width.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 361-363)
• Pages: 988-994
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.361-363.988
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Wei Zhang*, Jin Li
• Keywords: Hot and Humid Areas, National Fitness Center, Natural Ventilation, Space Organization, Сourtyard

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