Environmental conditions in window frames with double-glazing units

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 289-302

  Garvin, Stephen L ^a   Wilson, John ^b  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Double glazing; Durability; Environmental; Moisture; Relative humidity; Temperature; Window

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CONDENSATION; DURABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; GLAZES; MOISTURE;

DOUBLE GLAZING UNITS; WINDOW FRAMES;

WINDOWS;

EID: 0032120994     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(98)00008-7     Document Type: Article

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