Hygrothermal modeling of aerated concrete wall and comparison with field experiment

Proceedings of the 3rd International Building Physics Conference - Research in Building Physics and Building Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 321-328

  Tariku, F ^a   Kumaran, M K ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETES; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MOISTURE; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

AERATED CONCRETES; FIELD DATUMS; FIELD EXPERIMENTS; FIELD EXPOSURES; HYGROTHERMAL; HYGROTHERMAL BEHAVIORS; HYGROTHERMAL PROPERTIES; MISSING INFORMATIONS; MOISTURE TRANSPORTS; SIMULATION RESULTS; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WALL SECTIONS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 56249132475     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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