Zinc roofs: An evaluation based on test house measurements

Building and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 795-806

  Hens, Hugo ^a   Janssens, Arnold ^b   Zheng, Rongjin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Compact roofs; Flat roof; Interstitial condensation; Metallic roofs; Test house evaluation

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; CORROSION; COSTS; MOISTURE; SHEET METAL; VENTILATION;

METALLIC ROOFS;

ROOFS;

CONDENSATION; ROOF; VENTILATION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0038795338     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1323(02)00236-6     Document Type: Article

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