A wall and edge guarded hot box for thermal transmittance measurements

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1320, Issue , 1997, Pages 46-59

  Gatland II, Stanley D ^a   Goss, William P ^b   Baumgardner, Ron L ^c   Williams, Ray G ^d   Miller, R Gerry ^a  

^a Center for Applied Engineering   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^c Rollin Inc   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fenestration; Guarded Hot box; Thermal conductivity; Thermal insulation; Thermal resistance; Thermal transmittance heat transmission

Indexed keywords

EQUIPMENT TESTING; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; STANDARDS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

FENESTRATION; GUARDED HOT BOX; THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE;

TEST FACILITIES;

EID: 0031122339     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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