Effects of attaching baffles onto the inclined walls of attic frames for purposes of energy conservation

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-111

  Ridouane, El Hassan ^a   Campo, Antonio ^a  

^a University of Vermont ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; BUOYANCY; CEILINGS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; ROOFS; SLOPE STABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ATTIC SPACES; BAFFLED ATTICS; BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATION; DISCRETIZATION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 33845749674     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630601023419     Document Type: Article

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