Moisture storage and Non-Isothermal transport properties of common building materials

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-58

  Dahl, Scott D ^a   Kuehn, Thomas H ^a   Ramsey, James W ^a   Yang, Ching Hsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; GYPSUM; ISOTHERMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOISTURE CONTROL; PLYWOOD; POLYSTYRENES; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

MOISTURE FLUX; MOISTURE STORAGE; SALT IN WATER SOLUTIONS;

MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

EID: 0029777090     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.1996.10391332     Document Type: Article

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