Determination of the air/fiber conductivity of mineral wool insulations in building applications using nonlinear estimation methods

Journal of Building Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-260

  Veiseh, S ^a,b   Hakkaki Fard, A ^a,b   Kowsary, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b BUILDING AND HOUSING RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

Author keywords

Conduction; Inverse method; Mineral wools; Parameter estimation; Radiation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BUILDINGS; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; EXPERIMENTS; GLASS FIBERS; HEAT CONDUCTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; METAL ANALYSIS; MINERAL WOOL; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WOOL; YARN;

CONDUCTION; ESTIMATED PARAMETERS; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; IN BUILDINGS; INVERSE METHOD; INVERSE SOLUTIONS; MEASUREMENT DATUMS; NONLINEAR ESTIMATION METHODS; NONLINEAR NATURES; ROCK WOOLS; UNKNOWN PARAMETERS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

AGRICULTURE; BUILDINGS; CONDUCTION; ELECTRIC MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTATION; GLASS FIBERS; INSTRUMENTS; INSULATION; MINERAL WOOL; MINERALS; MINING; PARAMETERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIATION; SILICA; THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 58349104836     PISSN: 17442591     EISSN: 17442583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744259108099431     Document Type: Article

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