Thermal performance of building roof elements

Building and Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 665-675

  Al Sanea, Sami A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Building roofs; Finite volume method; Heat transmission; R value; Thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; POLYSTYRENES; SOLAR RADIATION;

RADIATION EXCHANGE;

BUILDINGS;

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; ROOF; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036646534     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1323(01)00077-4     Document Type: Article

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