Modal-based simulation of the thermal behavior of a building: The m2m software

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-30

  Lefebvre, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

Eigenmodes; Modal methods; Simulation techniques; Thermal inertia; Thermal systems

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT TRANSFER; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EIGENMODES; MODAL METHODS; THERMAL BEHAVIOR; THERMAL INERTIA; THERMAL SYSTEMS;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 0031071273     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-7788(96)00984-x     Document Type: Article

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