Steady-state moisture diffusion in curved walls, in the absence of condensate flow, via the BEM: A practical Civil Engineering approach (Glaser method)

Building and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 677-688

  Tadeu, António ^a   Simoes, Nuno ^a   Branco, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Boundary Element Method; Condensation; Heat transfer; Moisture diffusion; Temperature; Vapour pressure

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; BUILDING CODES; CONDENSATION; DIFFUSION; MOISTURE;

STEADY-STATE MOISTURE DIFFUSION;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BUILDING; CONDENSATION; DIFFUSION; HEAT TRANSFER; MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037400759     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1323(02)00208-1     Document Type: Article

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