Probabilistic analysis of air infiltration in low-rise buildings

Building and Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 537-549

  Pietrzyk, Krystyna ^a   Hagentoft, Carl Eric ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air change rate; Air infiltration; FORM; Probabilistic modelling; Reliability analysis; Temperature; Wind

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELIABILITY; VENTILATION;

AIR EXCHANGE; AIR INFILTRATION; LOW-RISE BUILDINGS;

AIR PERMEABILITY;

AIR PERMEABILITY; BUILDINGS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELIABILITY; VENTILATION;

AIRFLOW; BUILDING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; INFILTRATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; VENTILATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GOTEBORG; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND;

EID: 36549018998     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2007.01.024     Document Type: Article

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