Evaluation of an approximate method for predicting the U value of a window with a between-panes blind

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-250

  Naylor, David ^a   Collins, M ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GRAVITATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

DOUBLE-GLAZED WINDOW; GRAY-DIFFUSE ANALYSIS; SHADING DEVICES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 13844267049     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780590889158     Document Type: Article

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