Temperatures in and under a slab-on-ground floor: Two- and three-dimensional numerical simulations and comparison with experimental data

Building and Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 655-662

  Adjali, M H ^a   Davies, M ^b   Rees, S W ^c   Littler, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

DIFFERENTIAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CONTROL;

EID: 0033742605     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1323(99)00050-5     Document Type: Article

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