Mesh adaptive finite element formulation for moisture transfer in materials with a critical moisture content

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1001-1016

  Roels, Staf ^a   Carmeliet, Jan ^a   Hens, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian; Critical moisture content; Finite elements; Mesh adaptivity; Moisture transfer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; POROUS MATERIALS; WETTING;

ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN (ALE) TECHNIQUE; CRITICAL MOISTURE CONTENT; MESH ADAPTIVE FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

BUILDING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0344286593     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19991110)46:7<1001::AID-NME736>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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