Effect of moisture transfer on specific heat of gypsum plasterboard at high temperatures

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 675-686

  Ang, C N ^a   Wang, Y C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fire resistance; Gypsum; Heat transfer; Moisture transfer; Specific heat; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRE RESISTANCE; FIREPROOFING; GYPSUM; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

HEAT AND MASS TRANSFERS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MOISTURE TRANSFERS; PARAMETRIC STUDIES; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

EID: 54349122564     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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