A simplified model for predicting air flow in multizone structures

Advances in building simulation and computational techniques: A review between 1987 and 2014

“…Infiltration simulation of complex buildings by multi-zone approach is not practical. It is further simplified on the basis of their ratio of permeability and lumped together the physical parameters describing the air permeability distribution needed to calculate the building's overall and each zone's infiltration/exfiltration rate [55].…”

Wind-induced ground-surface pressures around a single-family house

“…The effects of wind on a building's ventilation rate and relative depressurization with respect to outdoor air have been thoroughly studied (e.g., Sherman [6], Ernest [7], Feustel and Sherman [8]). However, the wind-induced ground-surface pressure field has largely been ignored in models of contaminant entry into houses (Gadgil [9]).…”

COMIS -- an international multizone air-flow and contaminant transport model

“…This model was later expanded to cover high-rise buildings (DIN 4701 1983). A similar approach was used to develop LBNL's simplified infiltration model, which allows calculation of interzonal air flows by means of a pocket calculator (Feustel and Sherman 1989).…”