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Just to be clear: I'm not seeking code advice. I was looking for insight into a real-world physics problem involving gas mixing under various situations. For the purpose of my question, there's no one else who's going to do the analysis. There are two specific questions is love to see addressed...

Sure, I think I understand: you don't want to get bogged down with the latest in perpetual motion! Frankly, many of my questions & shares will probably be a bit more engineery rather than sciency: applied science, if you like. And yes, you are correct: building codes are made in sausage...

The problem is, the limits wrt the roof are: at least 3' above any roof within 10'. Well, the courtyard is definitely big enough to not be within 10' of any roof, for a vent near the middle. Interesting thing, there's also a limit in our code of 20' from an operable window, and they can't QUITE...

Nope, it's not in code explicitly: there are always special cases though. It would be extraordinarily hard to capture every possible scenario in the code, unless you just make really restrictive code. I can do the code analysis (the synopsis: it's not addressed) -- I'm curious about people's...

Hi! I work in the sphere of buildings, and the building codes (i.e. structural, plumbing, mechanical, electrical). I have a BS in physics that I got in the paleolithic age. It was tough carving my homework into stone tablets. I enjoy, and sometimes find a real need, to consider the underlying...

I'm trying to think through a situation, and develop some confidence I've got it right. The situation is a apartment building, about 60'/20m high, with a courtyard in the middle about 60'/20m square. In the middle of the courtyard, is an low exhaust stack, about 8' high and around 8' square...