My PhD research…

Thesis title: Determination of the convective heat transfer coefficients from the surfaces of buildings within urban street canyons.

A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
Mr James Oliver Smith.
University of Bath, March 2010.

The aim of my research was to develop a better understanding of the rates of convective heat transfer occurring from the external surfaces of buildings in urban environments.  Significant development of the naphthalene sublimation technique was undertaken which permitted a range of new correlations to be developed with respect to wind speed, wind direction and street canyon geometry.  This work was undertaken in the Building Research Establishment (BRE) wind tunnel in Watford, UK.

The thesis was submitted to the University of Bath in late 2009 and my viva examination took place on the 5th March 2010. I’m very pleased to say that I passed with only a few minor corrections!

A copy of the abstract of my Ph.D. thesis is available here, or it may be downloaded in PDF format (along with various other related documents) from the downloads page located here.

Update: The full text of my thesis can now be downloaded here.

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Keywords for this thesis: Convective heat transfer, naphthalene sublimation, napthalene sublimation, building surfaces, urban street canyons, urban heat islands (UHI’s), wind tunnel, BRE, University of Bath, street canyon geometry, convective heat transfer coefficient (CHTC).