Transient airflow in building drainage systems [electronic resource] / John Swaffield.
Publication details: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Spon Press, 2010.Description: xxxv, 322 p. : illISBN:- 9780203879757
- Also available in print edition.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
1. Building drainage and vent systems, a traditional building service requiring an engineering analysis makeover? -- 2. Pressure transient propagation in building drainage and vent systems -- 3. Mathematical basis for the simulation of low amplitude air pressure transients in vent systems -- 4. Simulation of the basic mechanisms of low amplitude air pressure transient propagation : AIRNET applications -- 5. Pressure surge as a source of system failure, leading to the development of control and suppression strategies -- 6. Application of the Method of characteristics based simulation to a series of case studies -- 7. Airflow applications of the Method of characteristics simulation techniques -- 8. The role of national codes in drainage and vent system design.
Also available in print edition.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.