Optimum location and distribution of insulation layers on building walls with various orientations

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3051-3059

  Ozel, M ^a   Pihtili, K ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Decrement factor; Location and distribution of insulation; Orientations of wall; Time lag

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MASONRY MATERIALS; THERMAL INSULATION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

BUILDING WALLS; MASONRY THICKNESS; MULTILAYER WALLS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MASONRY MATERIALS; THERMAL INSULATION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

INSULATION; OPTIMIZATION; WALL;

EID: 33947544356     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.07.025     Document Type: Article

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