TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT iii
UNDERTAKING vii
CERTIFICATE ix
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi
ABBREVIATIONS xii
TABLE OF CONTENTS xiv
LIST OF FIGURES xvi
LIST OF TABLES xviii
CHAPTER-1: INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background 1
1.2 Significance 2
1.3 Aim 3
1.4 Research Questions 3
1.5 Objectives and limitations 3
1.6 Scope and Limitations 3
CHAPTER-2: LITERATURE REVIEW 4
2.1 Available methods 5
2.1.1 Choosing Between Water-table and Wind Tunnel: 8
2.2 Different airflow and distribution patterns and ventilation systems 10
2.2.1 Airflow principles in consideration 10
2.2.2 Existing apparatus and studies using different mediums of flow 10
2.2.3 Sizing the apparatus 11
2.2.4 Selecting the object of study 13
2.2.5 Selecting the medium of visualization 13
2.2.6 Selecting the mode of visualization 14
2.3 Methodology 14
CHAPTER-3: METHODOLOGY 15
3.1 Building typology under consideration for study 15
3.2 Prototype development and pilot experiment 16
3.2.1 Sizing and Scaling of the prototype apparatus 16
3.2.2 Selection of the material
3.2.3 Pilot experiment: Evolution of design 19
Limitations: 22
3.3 Final design of the apparatus 22
3.3.1 Experiments with different geometries 24
3.3.2 How to conduct the test 25
CHAPTER-4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 27
4.1 Single sided ventilation flow pattern (SS) 27
4.2 Adjacent side ventilation flow pattern (AS) 28
4.3 Cross flow ventilation pattern 29
4.4 Parametric Study 30
4.5 CFD Simulation for basic three geometries 31
CHAPTER-5: CONCLUSION 32
5.1 Way Forward 32
APPENDIX A 33
References 35